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ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


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ECEMBEI 
1948 


BROWN    ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


College  Hill  Calendar 


Dec.  8  -  X'arsity  Hockey,  Harvard, 
away.  Varsitj-  and  Freshman 
Basketball,  Arnold  College, 
home. 

Dec.  11  -  Varsity  and  P'reshman  Basket- 
ball, Univ.  of  Conn.,  away. 
Varsity  Swimming,  Tufts, 
home.  Varsity  Wrestling, 
Dartmouth,  away.  Varsity 
Track;  Harvard,  R.  I.  State, 
Brown,  at  Cambridge. 

Dec.  12  -  Annual  Christmas  Concert, 
Alumnae  Hall,  8;30. 

Dec.  13  -  -Annual  Banquet,  Washington 
(D.  C.)  Brown  Club. 

Dec.  14  -  Christmas  Chapel, Sayles  Hall, 
noon.  Varsity  Hockey,  Har- 
vard, home.  Boston  Brown 
Club  luncheon  at  the  Univer- 
sity Club,  Prof.  Marcel  Mor- 
aud,  speaker. 

Dec.  15  -  Varsity  Basketball,  M.  I.  T., 
home.  Varsity  and  Freshman 
Wrestling,  Tufts,  home. 

Dec.  15,  16,  17  -  Sock  and  Buskin  pre- 
sents   "The     Dragon,"    8:30. 

Dec.  17  -  Varsity  Basketball,  Ft.  Dev- 
ens,  away.  Varsity  Hockey, 
Princeton,  home. 

Dec.  18-Jan.  5  -  Christmas  recess. 

Dec.  28  -  Chicago  Brown  Club  Christ- 
mas luncheon,  undergraduates 
invited,  176  E.  Monroe  St. 

Jan.  7  -  Varsity  Hockey,  Princeton, 
away. 

Jan.  8  -  Varsity  Basketball,  Army, 
away.  Varsity  Swimming, 
Army,  away.  Varsity  Wrest- 
ling, Army,  away.  Varsity 
Hockey,  Army,  away.  Fresh- 
man Basketball,  Nichols  Jr. 
College,  away. 

Jan.  11  -  Freshman  Basketball,  R.  I. 
State  College  Ext.  School, 
home. 

Jan.  12  -  Varsity  Swimming,  Harvard, 
home. 

Jan.  14  -  Concert,  Andres  Segovia,  gui- 
tarist, and  Ruth  Posselt,  vio- 
linist. Alumnae  Hall,  8;30. 
Varsity  Hockey,  American  In- 
ternational, away. 

Jan.  15  -  Varsity  Basketball,  Amherst, 
away.  Varsity  Swimming, 
Williams,     away.  Varsity 

Wrestling,  Williams,  away. 
Varsity  Track,  Washington 
Evening  Star  meet,  away. 


Brown  Alumni  Monthly 

Published  by  Brown  University  for  its  Alumni 

MEMBER.    AMERICAN   ALIMNI    COUNCIL 

Board  of  Editors 

C.  ARTHUR  BR.MTSCH  '23 
Chairman 

GEORGE  W.  POTTER  '21 
Vice-Chairman 

H.  ST.^NTON  SMITH  '21 
GARRETT  D.  BYRNES  '26 
PROF.  I.  J.  KAPSTEIN  '26 
H.  LINUS  TRAVERS  '27 
GEORGE  F.  TROY.  JR.  '31 


CHESLF.Y  WORTHINGTON  '23 
Manager-Editor 

Entered  at  the  Providence  Post  Office 
as  second-class  matter 

VOL.    XLIX         DECEMBER,   1948        NO.   4 


examinations. 


Boston   A.    A. 


Jan.  18  -  Varsity  Hockey,  Dartmouth, 
awa\-. 

Jan.  19  -  Varsity  and  Freshman  Basket- 
ball, R.  I.  State,  away. 

Jan.  21  -  Varsity  Track,  Philadelphia 
Inquirer  meet,  away. 

Jan.  22  -  Varsity  and  Freshman  Basket- 
ball, Holy  Cross,  home.  Var- 
sity and  Freshman  Swimming, 
Boston  Univ.,  away.  Varsity 
Wrestling,  -Amherst,  home. 
\'arsity  Track,  Boston  K.  of 
C.  meet,  away.  Freshman 
Wrestling,  St.  George's  home. 

Jan.  23  -  University  Piano-String  Quar- 
tet, Alumnae  Hall,  8:30. 

Jan,  24,  25,  26  -  Sock  and  Buskin  pre- 
sents "The  Tragedy  of  Corio- 
lanus,"  8:30. 

Jan.  25  -  Freshman  Basketball,  R.  I. 
State  College  Ext.  School, 
away. 

Jan.  26  -  Freshman  Basketball,  Boston 
Univ.,  home.  Freshman  Swim- 
ming, Brookline  H.  S.,  away. 
Freshman  Wrestling,  Edge- 
wood  Jr.  College,  home. 

Jan.  27  -  Classes  end,    first  semester. 

Jan.  28  -  Varsity  Basketball,  N.  Y.  Ath- 
letic Club,  away. 

Jan.  29  -  Varsity  and  Freshman  Wrest- 
ling, Springfield,  home.  Var- 
sity Track,  Melrose  meet. 
New  York. 

Jan.    31-Feb.     9  -  Final 
first  semester. 

Feb.  5  -  Varsity   Track, 
meet,  away. 

Feb.  9  -  Varsity  Basketball, Yale,  home. 
Varsity  and  Freshman  Swim- 
ming, Yale,  away. 

Feb.  9,  10,  11,  12 -Sock  and  Buskin 
Alumni  present  "Sherlock 
Holmes,"  8:30. 

Feb.  12  -  Varsity  and  Freshman  Basket- 
ball, Providence  College, home. 
Varsity  and  Freshman  VVrest- 
ling,  Wesleyan,  away.  Var- 
sity Track,  N.  Y.  A.  C.  meet, 
away.  Varsity  Hockey,  Yale, 
away. 

Feb.  16  -  Varsity  Basketball,  M.  1.  T,, 
away.  Classes  start,  second 
semester. 

Feb.  18  -  Varsity  Track,  Tufts,  away. 
Varsity  Hockey,  Dartmouth, 
home.  Freshman  Swinmiing, 
Moses  Brown,  home. 

Feb.  19  -  Advisory  Council  of  Associated 
Alumni.  Pembroke  and  Wes- 
leyan Glee  Clubs,  -Alumnae 
Hall,  8:30.  Varsity  and  Fresh- 
man Basketball,  Univ.  of 
Conn.,  home.  Varsity  and 
Freshman  Wrestling,  M.  1.  T., 
home.  Varsity  Track,  N.  .A. 
-A.  U.  meet,  New  York. 
Feb.  21  -  Varsity  Swimming,  Dartmouth 
home.  Varsity  Hockey,  M.I.T., 
away. 
Feb.  22  -  Varsity  Hockey,  Boston  Univ., 

home. 
Feb.  23  -  Piano-Organ  recital.  Profes- 
sors "Dineen  and  Madeira, 
Alumnae  Hall,  8:30.  Varsity 
Basketball,  Columbia,  away. 
Varsity  and  F'reshman  Swim- 
ming, Univ.  of  Conn.,  away. 
Varsity  and  Freshman  Wrest- 
ling, Harvard,  home.  Fresh- 
man Basketball,  R.  1.  C.  E  , 
away. 
Feb.  26  -  Brown  and  Radcliffe  Glee 
Clubs  at  Cambridge.  Varsity 
and      Freshman      Basketball, 


Worcester  Tech,  away.  Var- 
sity Wrestling,  Coast  Guard, 
away.  Varsity  Swimming, 
Columbia,    home.  Varsity 

Track,  1C4A  meet,  New  York. 
Freshman  Swimming,  St. 
George's,  home. 

March  1  -  Varsity  Basketball,  Holy 
Cross,    Boston    Garden. 

March  2  -  Freshman  Basketball,  Suf- 
field  -Acad.,  away. 

March  5  -  \'arsity  Track,  New  'S'ork  K. 
of  C.  meet,  away.  Varsity 
Basketball,  Dartmouth, home. 
Freshman  Basketball,  R.  I. 
C.  E.,  home. 

March  8  -  Varsity  Hockey,  Yale,  home. 

March  9  -  Varsity  and  Freshman  Bas- 
ketball,  R.   I.  State,  home. 

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PROF.  A.  K.  POTTER  '86 
(1864-1948) 

Professor  Potter  was  a  gentleman  of 
eminence  and  honor.  His  appointment 
to  the  Department  of  English  was  the  last 
made  by  President  E.  Benjamin  -Andrews 
before  he  left  Brown.  F'or  two  genera- 
tions, with  charm  and  effectiveness,  he 
presented  to  Brown  students  the  result 
of  his  studies  in  Germany  and  his  later 
research  in  the  fields  of  Chaucer  and  the 
Elizabethan  drama.  He  will  also  be  long 
remembered  for  the  effectiveness  of  his 
service  in  the  field  of  University  alumni 
relations.  Even  after  his  retirement  from 
active  teaching,  he  preserved  in  the  Uni- 
versity the  tradition  of  courtesy,  thought- 
fulness  and  kindliness.  In  private  life 
Professor  Potter  revealed  the  value  of 
hobbies  of  an  intellectual  and  cultural 
character.  He  was  loved  by  both  the 
University  and  the  communit\-,  and  his 
presence  lent  distinction  to  public  occa- 
sions. His  passing  will  be  mourned  by  a 
host  of  colleagues  and  friends. 

— from  PresidenI  Wrixlon's 
slalemeni,   Nov.  18,  1948 


BROWN 

ALUMNI  MONTHLY 


DECEMBER,  1948 
VOL.  XLIX  NUMBER  4 


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►      ► 


The  Browns  and  Brown  University 


BY  WILLIAM  GREENE  ROELKER 

►  ►  Although  it  existed  for  40  years  as  Rhode 
Island  College,  there  is  no  doubt  that  it  should  have 
been  called  Brown  University  from  the  moment  it 
was  decided  to  remove  it  to  Providence  from  its  birth- 
place, Warren.  It  was  the  only  18th  Century  college 
to  be  sponsored,  nurtured,  built,  and  named  by  a 
single  family.  Without  question,  the  four  Brown 
brothers  were  the  most  active  agents  in  establishing 
the  College  at  Providence. 

In  1833,  when  he  was  in  his  95th  year,  Moses  Brown, 
gave  a  full  account  of  that  transfer  to  President  Way- 
land,  including  copies  of  pertinent  documents.  "Thou 
may  see  by  all  this,"  he  wrote,  "our  family  had  an 
interest  in  promoting  the  Institution  now  called  Brown 
University,  besides  the  purchase  of  the  name  by  my 
worthy  nephew  Nicholas." 

Rhode  Island  College  had  been  founded  by  Phila- 
delphia Baptists  in  1764  at  Warren,  R.  I. — for  obvious 
reasons.  Harvard  (1636)  was  Congregational,  as 
was  Yale  (1701);  New  Jersey  (Princeton)  was  Pres- 
byterian; Kings  (Columbia)  Episcopalian,  as  was  Wil- 
liam and  Mary.  So  the  Baptists  of  Philadelphia, 
the  center  of  culture,  felt  it  necessary  to  found  a 
Baptist  Institution  lest  their  ministers  be  illiterate 
and  ignorant  men.  Rhode  Island  was  selected  for 
the  site  because  it  had  no  public  school  nor  college 
and  had  been  settled  by  Baptists  originally.  At 
Commencement  in  1803  the  Corporation  voted  that 
a  donation  of  $5,000,  if  made  within  a  year,  "shall 
entitle  the  donor  to  name  the  college."  The  gift 
of  that  sum  by  Nicholas  Brown,  Jr.,  to  establish  "a 
Professorship  of  Oratory  and  Belles  Lettres,"  ful- 
filled that  requirement.  The  College  has  been 
Brown  University  since  then. 

The  Brown  family  did  many  things  for  its  beloved 
town  of  Providence,  but  this  was  the  greatest  serv-ice 
of  all.  At  such  a  distance  of  time  one  can  hardly 
imagine  what  the  College  would  have  been  like,  or 
even  if  it  would  have  continued  to  exist,  had  it  been 
located  at  East  Greenwich  or  Newport,  competitors 

WILLIAM  G.  ROELKER  is  the  Librarian  and  Director 
of  the  R.  I.  Historical  Society,  former  Lecturer  in  History 
at  Brown,  and  biographer  of  Francis  Wayland.  His  paper 
on  Brown  University  and  the  Browns  is  based  on  a  talk  he 
gave  this  year  before  the  Faculty  Club  and  is  possessed  of 
general  interest  for  all  Brunonians.  It  also  serves  to  in- 
troduce a  new  discovery  bearing  on  the  fight  for  the  College — a 
document  which  sought  to  put  Brown  where  the  Outlet  is  today 
in  downtown  Providence.  We  are  privileged  not  only  to  print 
Air.  Roelker's  article  but  also  to  give  first  publication  to  the 
"Memorial  from  the  West  Side." 


for  the  honor.  Of  this  we  can  be  sure:  without  Brown 
University  Providence  would  have  been  but  another 
mill  town.  But  who  were  these  Browns  who  dared 
to  challenge  Newport,  a  town  twice  the  size  of  theirs, 
and  many  times  more  wealthy,  in  a  contest  for  the 
College  (and  had,  moreover,  the  ability  and  the 
means  to  emerge  triumphant)? 

CHAD  WAS  A  "COMEOUTER" 

►  First  of  the  Brown  family  in  Providence  was 
Chad  Brown,  who  came  from  England  to  Boston  in 
1638.  Shortly  thereafter  he  removed  to  Providence 
to  join  Roger  Williams  and  is  reputed  to  have  been 
the  first  elder  of  the  Baptist  Church.  He  was  a 
signer  of  the  Providence  Compact,  in  which  the 
signatories  submitted  to  be  governed  "only  in  civil 
things,"  the  first  formal  government  in  the  world 
to  be  based  on  a  separation  of  Church  and  State. 
Chad  Brown's  home  lot  extended  from  Market  Square 
to  Hope  Street,  including  the  original  site  of  the 
College  on  part  of  which  University  Hall  now  stands. 

Chad  was  a  refugee  or  an  outcast  —  one  or  the 
other  like  all  the  early  settlers  of  Providence,  two 
sides  of  the  same  coin.  He  brought  few  belongings 
to  the  wilderness,  the  clothes  on  his  back,  a  gun,  an 
ax,  and  perhaps  a  saw.  Providence  was  unique  in 
that  it  had  not  been  planted  in  the  usual  sense:  al- 
though the  State's  name  is  the  State  of  Rhode  Island 
and  Providence  Plantations,  the  settlement  had  not 
followed  the  granting  of  a  charter  from  the  King  nor 
the  arrival  of  a  company  of  merchant  adventurers. 
Rhode  Island  was  also  unique  in  that  it  had  no  form 
of  government  at  first.  Roger  Williams  was  the 
leader  but  only  because  of  his  personality.  He  had 
no  legal  authority,  and  it  was  many  years  before  the 
pressure  of  outside  events  compelled  the  individual- 
istic Rhode  Islanders  to  submit  to  any  form  of  gov- 
ernment. 

We  have  been  so  proud  of  the  State's  tradition  of 
independence  that  we  tend  to  forget  that,  in  the  light 
of  contemporary  opinion,  Rhode  Island  became 
known  as  a  settlement  of  blasphemers,  heretics,  and 
worse.  The  people  were  all  "comeouters,"  at  first 
from  Massachusetts  and  then  from  other  colonies. 
"I  believe  there  never  was  held  such  a  variety  of 
Religions  together  on  so  small  a  spot  of  ground  as 
have  been  in  that  colony,"  wrote  Cotton  Mather  in 
Alagnalia  (1702).  "....if  a  man  had  lost  his  religion, 
he  might  find  it  at  the  general  muster  of  opinionists." 
Fifty  years  before,  William  Arnold  had  written: 
"....under  the  pretence  of  liberty  of  conscience  about 


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JAMES  MANNING:      anonymous  partisan 
on  the  side  of  the  Browns  and  Providence. 

these  parts  there  comes  to  Hve  all  the  scume,  the 
runne  aways  of  the  country..."  In  the  Ecclesiastical 
Records  of  the  State  of  New  York  we  find  this  com- 
pliment: "We  suppose  they  went  to  Rhode  Island 
for  that  is  the  receptacle  of  all  sorts  of  riff-raff  people 
and  is  nothing  else  than  the  sewer  of  New  England." 

SOUTH  TO  THE  WEST  INDIES 

►  Rhode  Island  suffered  political  as  well  as  re- 
ligious ostracism,  and  fear  of  heresy  caused  her  exclusion 
from  the  United  Colonies,  which  surrounded  her  in 
1642.  The  pressure  of  this  isolation  caused  Williams 
to  go  to  England  for  the  Patent  a  year  later.  But, 
economically,  Rhode  Island  was  a  sturdy,  self- 
sufficient  country,  with  good  farming  and  grazing 
in  the  southern  part  especially.  In  1690  it  was 
"justly  called  the  garden  of  New  England  for  its 
fertility  and  Plantation."  This  resource  obviated 
the  need  of  a  ship  from  home,  on  which  other  colonies 
were  dependent. 

Under  this  economy,  the  first  three  generations 
of  the  Brown  family  had  been  farmers,  pastors,  and 
surveyors.  But  with  the  fourth  generation  a  new 
era  began:  Rhode  Island,  surrounded  on  three  sides 
by  hostile  neighbors,  turned  to  the  sea;  it  had  to 
live  by  its  wits  or  perish.  All  New  England,  in- 
cluding Rhode  Island,  lacked  a  staple  product  like 
tobacco  or  rice,  something  which  England  wanted, 
something  the  purchase  of  which  would  create  bills 
of  exchange  on  London.  New  England  products 
like  fish,  ship  stores,  and  the  like  were  all  available 
to  England  from  the  Baltic,  nearer  at  han,d;  there 
was  nothing  New  England  could  sell  to  the  mother 
country,  to  finance  the  purchase  of  the  manufactured 
goods  so  vital  to  pioneer  life.  The  trade  with  the 
West  Indies  arose  to  fill  this  need. 

Professor  Hedges  calls  the  West  Indies  trade  the 
keystone   to   the   arch   of   New   England   prosperity. 


In  fact,  it  may  have  been  the  keystone  to  her  very 
existence.  The  Browns  of  the  fourth  generation, 
James  and  Obadiah,  jumped  into  the  rapidly  develop- 
ing commerce  with  the  islands. 

They  found  the  sugar  plantations  a  splendid  mar- 
ket for  Rhode  Island  products.  Soon  small  ships, 
about  70  feet  over-all,  were  sailing  for  Barbadoes  and 
other  ports  laden  with  horses,  sheep,  cheese,  apples, 
hens,  and  geese.  The  captains  bartered  for  one  product, 
which  could  not  be  grown  in  Rhode  Island :  sugar  and  its 
derivatives  —  molasses  and,  at  first,  rum.  This  last 
article  was  imported  originally,  but  it  was  soon  found 
that  it  could  be  made  cheaper  in  New  England. 
Newport  in  1769  had  22  distilleries.  Rum,  which 
has  been  called  the  lubricant  of  New  England  com- 
merce, was  the  life  blood  of  Rhode  Island.  With 
rum  slaves  could  be  bought,  and  the  Browns  were 
soon  deeply  involved  in  this  triangular  trade,  no 
"leg"  of  which  was  illegal  or  immoral  in  contemporary 
eyes. 

CHOCOLATE,  CANDLES,  BOG  IRON 

►  By  the  time  James  (of  the  fourth  generation) 
died  in  1739,  the  family  fortunes  had  begun  to  emerge. 
James  had  four  sons  who  grew  to  maturity  and  fame: 
Nicholas,  Joseph,  John,  and  Moses.  Their  uncle 
Obadiah  (27  at  James'  death)  took  the  three  eldest 
into  the  family  partnership  in  various  trading  en- 
terprises. James  had  sent  his  first  ship  to  the  West 
Indies  in  1723  and  his  first  to  Africa  for  slaves  in 
1736.  He  also  started  a  chocolate  mill  and  apparent- 
ly had  a  rum  distillery  from  the  time  he  owned  his 
first  ship.  Before  Obadiah's  death,  the  family  had 
established    a    far-flung    candle     business     in     1753. 

Trained  as  merchants  by  Uncle  Obadiah,  the 
four  brothers  became  partners  in  the  firm  of  Nicholas 
Brown  &  Company  at  his  death  in  1762.  In  1765, 
after  much  study,  the  firm  founded  the  Hope  Furnace, 
to  smelt  the  bog  iron  from  Cranston  into  pigs.  This 
enterprise  was  successful  almost  immediately,  so  suc- 
cessful because  of  its  efficient  management  and  low 
costs  that  it  was  able  to  compete  in  New  York 
with  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania  foundries.  In  fact, 
the  fence  around  the  Bowling  Green  in  New  York 
City   was   made   from    Brown    Brothers   pig   iron. 

Grown  confident  by  the  success  of  their  ventures, 
Nicholas  Brown  &  Co.  began  the  importation  of 
English  goods  on  a  large  scale  in  1767.  Although 
John  Hancock  has  been  considered  the  largest  dealer 
in  British  goods.  Professor  Hedges  is  inclined  to 
think  that  the  Brown  group  did  an  even  larger  volume 
of  business,  selling  British  goods  from  Nantucket  to 
the  Berkshires  and  also  in  southeastern  Connecticut. 
The  ability  demonstrated  in  these  ventures  and  their 
resulting  financial  power  gave  the  Browns  courage 
to  try  to  bring  Rhode  Island  College  to  Providence. 

THE  START  OF  THE  CAMPAIGN 

►  The  location  of  the  College  was  only  one  of  the 
early  problems  with  which  its  Corporation  had  to 
cope.  In  1769  Rev.  Morgan  Edwards,  one  of  the 
prime  movers  in  the  foundation  of  a  Baptist  institu- 
tion, wrote:  "This  Seminary  was  for  the  most  part 
friendless  and  moneyless,  and  therefor  forlorn,  in  so 
much  that  a  college  edifice  was  hardly  thought  of." 
Still,  Warren  was  seeking  to  retain  the  College,  and  a 
group  from  Kent  County  led  by  William  Greene, 
later   to   be   Chief  Justice   and   Governor   of   Rhode 


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I.-land  and  a  Trustee  of  Brown,  sought  to  have  it 
located  in  East  Greenwich.  In  this  hope,  his  kins- 
man Nathanael,  the  RevoUitionary  General,  joined 
him. 

The  first  mention  of  the  attempt  to  locate  the  Col- 
lege in  Providence  appears  in  a  letter  of  Moses  Brown, 
then  31  years  old.  to  his  brothers,  dated  Newport, 
Oct.  23,  1769.  He  wrote  that  he  had  had  a  conversa- 
tion on  the  road  with  Darius  Sessions,  who  desired 
the  College  in  Providence.  "And  when  we  consider 
the  number  of  advantages  which  Providence  has  over 
Warren,"  Moses  concluded,  "I  am  much  inclined  to 
think  that  it  is  yet  within  our  reach." 

M  Moses'  suggestion.  Deputy  Go\ernor  Sessions 
wrote  a  long  letter  which  set  forth  fiv<;  conditions  he 
deemed  necessary  for  a  college,  no  matter  where  it  is 
situated: 

1.  "Clear  wholesome  air,  not  subject  to  epidemical 
disorders." 

2.  A  place  where  "there  are  different  denomina- 
tions of  Christians"  whose  doctrines  are  being  taught 
"so  that  the  young  collegians  may  join  with  them  in 
the  several  modes  of  worship  in  which  they  have 
been  educated..." 

3.  Availability  of  materials  and  accommodations. 
There  should  be  a  good  market  "so  that  the  parents 
or  friends  of  the  students  may  support  them  at  college 
in  the  least  burdensome  manner."  The  town  should 
be  large  enough  to  accommodate  the  crowd  ga- 
thered for  Commencements,  etc.  It  should  be  a 
community  where  "the  conversation  of  the  inhabit- 
ants should  be  civil,  polite,  and  courteous,  so  as  to 
induce  gentlemen  from  all  the  American  colonies.... 
to  take  up  their  residence. ..and  gain  an  acquaintance 
with  the  seat  of  the  muses."  The  "interior  business 
of  the  town"  should  consist  of  various  trades  "so  that 
the  students  may  become  thoroughly  acquainted 
with  men  as  well  as  books,  that  when  their  academ- 
ical studies  are  finished,  they  may  not  be  finished 
blockheads." 

4.  The  town  should  have  good  libraries. 

5.  The  town  should  have  "an  open,  convenient 
and  e.xtensive  communication  of  land  and  water..." 
The  College  should  "not  be  erected  where  the  com- 
munication is  liable  to  be  interrupted  by  a  hard  frost, 
or  high  and  contrary  winds."  Providence  met  all 
these  requirements,  Sessions  submitted. 

THE  CASE  FOR  PROVIDENCE 

►  When  the  Corporation  was  in  meeting  on  Nov. 
15,  1769,  Postmaster  John  Cole,  Moses  Brown,  and 
Hczekiah  Smith  presented  a  memorial  on  behalf  of 
the  principal  inhabitants  of  Providence.  A  rough 
draft  in  the  handwriting  of  Moses  Brown  shows  these 
points  made: 

1.  Providence  had  raised  a  large  sum  of  money  — 
nearly  $9000. 

2.  Providence  is  a  place  "where  youth  of  all  de- 
nominations of  Christians  may  resort  and  attend  the 
public  worship  of  the  -Supreme  Being  in  the  way  their 
parents  or  their  own  consciences  may  direct,  and 
thereby  free,  catholic  and  open  principles  (may)  be 
carried  into  practice  in  this  noble  Institution  to  the 
latest  posterity." 

3.  Providence  is  centrally  located  with  good 
transportation  and  plenty  and  cheapness  of  living. 


4.  Four  schoolhouses  were  there.  (The  "Brick 
School  House"  on  Meeting  Street  opposite  Shakes- 
peare's Head  still  stands  after  serving  various  pur- 
poses including  a  free  school  for  colored  children.  It 
is  now  being  used  by  Crippled  Children  and  Adults 
of  Rhode  Island,  Inc.,  for  its  work.)  The  town  af- 
forded a  public  library,  good  libraries  for  the  study 
of  law  or  medicine  and  two  printing  offices,  those  of 
John  Carter's  Providence  Gazette  and  John  \\'aterman's. 

5.  All  necessary  materials  and  workmen  were 
available. 

6.  And  finally  "We  conclude  by  observing  that 
it  is  necessary  in  the  e.xecution  of  all  matters  of  a 
public  nature,  that  the  undertakers  have  a  zeal  for 
promoting  it.  This  qualification  we  are  conscious 
we  have..." 

On  the  third  day  of  the  Corporation's  deliberations 
before  a  vote  was  taken,  a  petition  was  entertained 
from  East  Greenwich  which  applied  for  the  College 
because  of  its  central  location  and  because  it  was  not 
so  large  as  to  distract  the  students  (an  argument 
soon  to  be  made  by  the  residents  of  the  West  Side 
of  Providence). 

THE  ISSUE  IS  JOINED 

►  These  h.^d  indeed  been  "lively  days,"  as  Bronson 
observes.  Besieged  by  petitions,  the  Corporation 
voted  to  rescind  an  earlier  vote  to  locate  in  Bristol 
County,  R.  I.  It  was  finally  voted  "that  the  College 
Edifice  be  at  Providence."  There  was  a  condition, 
however,  that  if  any  subscription  was  raised  in  New- 
port or  any  other  county  "equal  or  superior  to  any 
now  offered. ..that  then  the  vote  for  fixing  the  edifice 
shall  not  be  esteemed  binding."  John  Brown  was 
made  a  member  of  the  committee  to  fix  the  site.  As 
Bronson  perceived,  "here,  evidently,  was  not  an 
ending  of  the  struggle,  but  rather  a  skillful  incentive 
to  fight  longer  and  put  up  larger  stakes."  Rev. 
Morgan  Edwards  wrote:  "Providence  bid  high  for  it 
which  made  the  County  of  Newport,  which  is  jealous 
of  Providence  on  account  of  trade,  assert  itself  to 
the  utmost." 

It  was  a  contest  which  the  young  Browns  (Nicholas 
the  eldest  was  40)  and  their  allies  welcomed,  and  the 
management  of  the  Providence  forces  was  in  the 
capable  hands  of  shrewd  Moses  Brown,  just  turned  31. 

The  rivalry  grew  more  intense  as  Newport,  East 
Greenwich,  and  Providence  vied  with  each  other  to 
raise  the  most  money.  On  Dec.  8,  1769,  Stephen 
Hopkins  and  Nicholas  Brown  &  Company  wrote  to 
the  Town  Councils  of  Glocester  and  Scituate  to  say 
that   "building  the  college  here  will  be  a  means  of 


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bringing  great  quantities  of  money  into  the  place... 
and  consequently  of  increasing  the  value  of  all  estates 
to  which  this  town  is  a  market;  and  also  that  it  will 
much  promote  the  weight  and  influence  of  this  north- 
ern part  of  the  Colony  in  the  scale  of  government 
in  all  times  to  come. ..The  people  in  Newport. ..are 
very  diligently  using  every  method. ..to  carry  the 
prize  from  us..."  In  a  postscript,  it  was  added:  "Any 
materials  useful  about  the  building  will  be  received 
on  account  of  the  subscription." 

By  every  means  possible  the  Browns  tried  to  pre- 
vent another  meeting  of  the  Corporation  which  might 
reconsider  the  vote  to  establish  the  College  in  Pro- 
vidence. In  a  letter  to  Joseph,  then  at  Newport,  he 
was  authorized  to  add  £50  on  behalf  of  Moses,  to  the 
£3,424  already  subscribed,  if  thereby  another  meeting 
could  be  prevented.  But  these  efforts  were  unavailing 
and  the  call  went  out  for  a  session  at  Warren  Feb.  7. 

MANNING,  -ANONYMOUSLY 

►  At  this  point  James  Manning,  President  of  Rhode 
Island  College  and  Baptist  minister  at  Warren,  wrote 
an  anonymous  letter  to  Nicholas  Brown  which  planned 
a  strategic  campaign  to  be  followed  by  the  Browns. 
It  clearly  indicated  where  his  sympathies  and  hopes 
lay.  He  told  Nicholas  frankly  that  he  expected 
Newport  to  have  a  greater  sum  available.  Get  every 
farthing  you  can  subscribed,  he  urged,  adding  how- 
ever that  the  Providence  group  would  still  fall  behind, 
in  all  probability: 

'"Now,"  he  wrote,  "as  I  think  you  have  the  good 
of  the  college  at  heart  more  than  they,  it  will  stand 
you  in  hand  to  demonstrate  this  in  the  clearest  light; 
and  this  you  can  do  by  proffering  to  build  the  college 
yourselves,  without  even  taking  their  unconditional 
subscriptions  in  Newport.  Say  nothing  about  the 
President's  house;  but  consult  how  large  a  house  you 
can  build,  and  finish  two  stories  with  your  own  money 
....Two  advantages  will  result  from  such  a  proposal. 
First,  you  will  throw  your  unconditional  subscriptions 
out  of  their  sight,  and  give  its  full  weight  to  Provi- 
dence. Secondly,  you  can  here  make  all  the  ad- 
vantage to  yourselves  from  lying  handy  to  materials... 
you  can  promise  just  as  much  more  than  they  can,  as 
the  edifice  can  be  erected  cheaper  with  you  than 
them,  and  as  you  will  prosecute  it  with  more  spirit 
and  do  the  bargaining  and  work  with  less  expense. 
Here,  too,  you  will  have  the  advantage  of  them,  as 
you  have  made  out  bills  of  everything  and  bespoke 
the  materials  and  workmen,  and  can  push  it  imme- 
diately into  execution.  You  might  reason  a  month 
on  these  advantages  and  not  make  some  dull  souls 
see  the  force  of  it,  so  well  as  you  can  demonstrate  it 
in  this  way  in  ten  minutes." 

The  actual  estimate  of  the  account  which  shows 
the  College  would  "cost  more  if  Built  in  Newport" 
has  been  preserved,  in  the  collections  of  the  R.  I. 
Historical  Society  like  the  other  references  to  which 
allusion  or  from  which  excerpt  has  been  made  in  this 
article.  It  is  a  splendid  example  of  the  meticulous 
care  with  which  the  Browns  made  all  their  calcula- 
tions. Demonstrating  not  by  generalities  but  by 
the  minute  cost  of  each  item  that  it  would  cost  £574 
more  if  built  at  Newport,  Moses  Brown  was  smart 
enough  to  persuade  the  Corporation  to  include  this 
sum  with  the  Providence  subscriptions. 


BY  WH.\T  LEGERDEMAIN 

►  By  wh.\t  legerdemain  or  hypnotism  Moses  Brown 
put  across  this  deal  is  not  apparent.  In  a  memoran- 
dum of  Moses  Brown's,  there  are  these  concluding 
sentences:  "...reckoning  the  whole  of  their  sums 
and  the  whole  of  ours,  they  were  £158  more  than  we. 
We  presented  a  calculation  in  the  arguments,  of  the 
amount  of  the  building  if  at  Newport  more  than  if 
at  Providence,  amounting  to  £574  lawful  money, 
which  we  insisted  should  be  added  to  ours,  leaving 
a  balance  in  our  favor  of  416.  The  vote  came  after 
long  litigation  and  argument,  both  Kent  and  Warren 
putting  in  their  claim.     The  vote  was  'Repeal  or  not,' 


NICHOLAS 
BROWN,  JR. 
He  gave  more 
than  a  name. 


it  passed  in  the  negative  twenty-one  to  fourteen 
votes."  There  is  a  great  variation  in  the  contemp- 
orary account  of  the  amounts  raised.  Bronson  con- 
cludes that  the  figures  given  by  Moses  Brown,  who 
was  in  the  thick  of  the  fight,  made  it  clear  Providence 
raised  less  money  than  Newport.  "Why  then,"  he 
asks,  "was  Providence  given  the  prize?"  He  sug- 
gests it  may  have  been  because  of  the  religious  at- 
mosphere (there  were  more  Baptists  in  Providence) 
or  the  business  energy  which  characterized  the  leading 
men.  For  my  part  the  answer  is  clear:  it  was 
the  force  and  strategy  of  the  Brown  family,  led  by 
brother  Moses. 

With  the  triumph  of  the  Browns  there  was  no 
question  where  the  College  would  be  located.  They 
had  bought  the  land  in  January,  1770;  it  was  to  be 
on  the  hill  opposite  Mr.  John  Jenckes,  up  Presby- 
terian Lane  (College  Hill),  so  named  because  it  ran 
past  the  Presbyterian  or  Congregational  Church 
on  the  corner  of  Benefit,  where  the  Court  House  now 
stands.  Part  of  the  land,  that  under  the  College 
Edifice  (University  Hall),  originally  belonged  to  Chad 
Brown.  It  had  been  sold  by  one  of  his  sons  to  Daniel 
Abbott  and  now  belonged  to  Samuel  Fenner.  John 
and  Moses  Brown  repurchased  it  from  the  Fenners 
and  sold  it  to  the  College.  The  deed,  much  the 
worse  for  wear,  has  come  down  to  us. 

THE  CABAL  ON  THE  WEST  SIDE 

►  Recently  some  papers  have  turned  up  which  add 
a  new  episode  to  the  history  of  the  location  of  the 


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College.  A  group  of  men  living  on  the  West  Side, 
on  Weybosset  Street  east  of  the  Round  Top  Church, 
had  its  own  ideas.  A  memorial  urged  the  committee 
on  site  to  establish  the  College  on  "a  fine  high  piece 
of  Ground,  ample,  and  dry"  which  was  more  acces- 
sible than  any  other  place  preferred,  both  from  the 
country  and  landing."  Since  this  Muddy  Dock  landing 
is  now  Dorrance  Street,  the  site  this  championed  is 
probabh-  where  the  Outlet  stands  today,  or  nearby. 
The  memorialist  agreed  that  while  it  was  near  enough 
to  the  compact  part  of  the  town,  the  site  was  "never- 
theless removed  from  the  interruption  that  the  noise, 
clamor,  and  bustle  of  business  must  give  them..." 
The  College  Edifice,  he  continued,  attacking  the  site 
proposed  by  the  Browns,  should  not  be  "erected  upon 
an  almost  inaccessable  Mountain. ...The  Inconven- 
iences, Charges,  and  Difficulties,  that  will  insue  on 
having  the  college  seated  on  the  Top  of  a  High  Hill 
must  forever  be  unsuperable..." 

I  have  yet  to  find  anyone,  even  those  versed  in  the 
history  of  Brown  University,  who  had  heard  of  this 
memorial  and  its  intent  until  the  recent  discovery 
of  the  manuscript.  Certain  it  is  that  neither  Bronson 
nor  Guild  refer  to  it,  and  there  is  no  mention  of  it  in 
the  Providence  Gazette  for  February,  1770.  I  have 
not  >et  been  able  to  decide  whether  the  Browns  se- 
questered this  memorial.  It  was  accompanied  by 
an  additional  subscription  amounting  to  more  than 
£400  or  10%  of  the  amount  already  subscribed.  It 
would  be  quite  unlike  the  Browns  to  allow  any  sub- 
scription to  slip  through  their  fingers,  but  it  will  be 
quite  an  undertaking  to  check  these  so-called  addi- 
tional subscriptions  with  the  official  records. 

The  erection  of  the  College  Edifice  proceeded  apace 
following  the  plan  of  Nassau  Hall  which  was  selected 
by  a  committee  of  which  Joseph  Brown  was  a  member. 
John  Brown  was  in  charge  of  construction.  The 
digging  of  the  cellar  began  March  27,  1770.  On 
May  14  the  Gazette  recorded:. "the  first  Foundation 
Stone. ..was  laid  by  Mr.  John  Brown,  of  this  place, 
merchant,  in  the  presence  of  a  number  of  Gentlemen, 
Friends  to  the  Institution."  It  is  tradition  that  the 
stone  was  liberally  baptized  with  rum  punch.  Cer- 
tainly the  workmen  benefited  by  John's  hospitality, 
his  expenditures  being  noted  for  one  gallon  of  West 
Indies  rum  "when  laying  the  first  floor,"  two  for  the 
second,  four  for  the  third,  four  for  the  fourth,  seven 
and  more  for  the  fifth,  and  three  "when  raising  the 
roof."  The  accounts,  down  to  the  last  nail,  the 
smallest  piece  of  board  purchased  or  contributed 
(for  many  subscriptions  were  paid  in  kind)  are  all 
to  be  found  in  the  John  Carter  Brown  Library. 

THE  MARK  OF  THE  BROWNS 

^  The  first  five  Commencements  in  Providence 
were  held  in  Elder  .Snow's  Meeting  House,  where 
the  Round  Top  Church  now  stands.  Then  the 
Browns  came  through  with  another  benefaction, 
aided  by  a  lottery:  the  erection  of  the  First  Baptist 
Meeting  House,  completed  in  1775  at  a  cost  of  $21,000 
"for  the  publick  Worship  of  Almighty  God,  and  also 
for  holding  Commencement  in."  The  population  of 
Providence  at  the  time  was  4,321. 

Let  me  briefly  list  some  other  accomplishments  of 
the  Browns.  In  1773,  also  with  the  aid  of  a  lottery, 
they  built  the  Market  House  (which  has  just  been 
acquired  by  the  R.  I.  School  of  Design).  In  1775-6, 
they   had   contracts   with   the   Secret   Committee   of 


Congress  to  cast  cannon  at  the  Hope  Furnace.  From 
1775  to  1796,  John  Brown  was  Treasurer  of  the  Col- 
lege. In  1783,  he  offered  half  of  the  sum  for  Philo- 
sophical Apparatus  and  the  Library.  (£700  was 
collected,  together  with  instruments  and  400  books.) 
In  1784,  Jo.seph  Brown  was  Professor  of  Experimental 
Philosophy.  In  1786,  John  commenced  building  his 
"Red-Brick-Mansion-on-the-Hill."  In  1787  he  sent 
the  first  ship  from  Narragansett  Bay  to  China,  his 
General  Washington.  In  1790,  Moses  induced 
Samuel  Slater  to  come  to  Rhode  Island  to  start  cotton 
manufacturing.  In  1791,  John  and  Moses  founded 
the  Providence  Bank.  In  1793  John  built  the  Wash- 
ington Bridge.  In  1796,  he  proposed  the  canal  to 
Worcester.  In  1799,  the  Providence  Insurance  Com- 
pany was  founded,  at  the  initiative  of  the  Browns. 

In  1804,  Nicholas  Brown,  Jr.,  gave  the  College  the 
$5,000  which  led  to  the  naming  of  Brown  University. 
Probabh'  the  choice  of  Oratory  as  a  subject  for  the 
first  chair  was  influenced  by  John  Brown,  who  wrote 
the  Corporation  that  "the  most  beautiful  and  hand- 
some mode  of  speaking  was  a  principal  object... of 
the  first  Friends  to  this  College..."  In  the  aggregate, 
Nicholas  Brown,  Jr.,  gave  nearly  $160,000  to  the 
University,  a  munificent  sum  at  that  day's  valuation. 
These  gifts  included  Hope  College,  named  for  his 
sister,  wife  of  Thomas  P.  Ives;  Manning  Hall,  a  sub- 
stantial contribution  to  Rhode  Island  Hall,  and 
frequent  gifts  to  the  Library.  At  his  death  consider- 
able real  estate  east  of  the  College  was  bequeathed 
to  Brown. 

►  The  Browns  were  always  interested  in  the  Library, 
toward  which  their  individual  small  gifts  are  too 
numerous  to  record.  But  the  culmination  is  the 
John  Carter  Brown  Library,  noted  throughout  the 
world  as  the  great  library  of  Americana  prior  to  1801. 
The  original  book  is  one  in  which  the  first  Nicholas 
wrote  his  name  in  1740;  the  family's  interest  con- 
tinues, of  course,  through  John  Nicholas  Brown, 
grandson  of  John  Carter  Brown,  Assistant  Secretary 
of  the  Navy  for  Air  and  University  Fellow. 

Bringing  the  College  to  Providence  was  the  premier 
performance  of  the  Brown  family  for  the  town;  the 
gift  of  the  John  Carter  Brown  Library  was  the  premier 
performance  for  the  University. 

It  is  an  honored  and  honorable  name  which  came 

to  the  University  so  happily,  so  appropriately.    What 

the   Browns  did  for   Brown   makes  any  other  name 

inconceivable.  '* 

Against  College  Hill 

►  ►  College  Hill  was  no  place  for  Brown,  in  the 
opinion  of  certain  citizens  of  Providence  before  either 
hill  or  college  had  their  present  names.  The  reasons 
they  gave  for  locating  the  College  on  the  West  Side 
of  town  must  have  seemed  ornamented  with  logic 
at  the  time.  But  today,  in  the  light  of  the  City's 
development,  one  can  only  read  the  argument  with 
a  succession  of  mental  exclamation  points,  for  the 
site  which  they  commended  as  better  suited  for  a 
College  is  squarely  downtown,  near  where  the  Outlet 
Store  stands  today. 

Entertaining  reading  as  it  is,  the  following  memo- 
randum of  1770  also  has  historical  importance  as  part 
of  the  story  of  the  University,  although  it  does  not 
appear  in  the  written  record  to  date,  apparently. 
Here  published  for  the  first  time  since  its  recent  dis- 
covery, is  the  document  referred  to  in  Mr.  Roelker's 
article  on  Brown  and  the  Browns; 


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Avoid  the  "Mountain"    -^ 

To  the  Committee  appointed  for  determining 
the  Spot,  or  Place  in  Providence,  where  the 
College  is  to  be  built. 

►The  Memorial  of  us  the  Undersigners 
Sheweth:  That  as  a  College  is  about 
to  be  built  in  Providence,  we  have  it  much 
at  Heart,  that  it  should  be  built  in  such 
a  Place  and  part  of  the  Town,  as  will  at 
once  be  most  commodious  for  the  College, 
and  beneficial  to  the  Public.  These  are 
the  only  objects,  in  our  Opinion,  that 
should  demand  the  attention  of  the  Com- 
mittee; We  having  formed  Estimates  of 
the  advantages  and  Disadvantages  which 
attend  several  Places,  which  have  been 
proposed  for  fixing  the  Edifice;  and  upon 
the  most  impartial  Survey,  are  fully 
convinced,  that  a  Piece  of  Land  lying  on 
the  west  Side  of  the  Bridge,  adjoining 
to  the  House  where  George  Rounds  liveth 
is  the  most  suitable  of  any  that  can  be 
found. 

It  is  a  fine  level  piece  of  Ground,  ample, 
and  dry.  It  may  be  viewed  from  the 
whole  Town,  as  well  as  from  the  Country, 
and  hath  the  advantage  of  a  healthful 
Air.  The  Water  (which  may  be  easily 
had  there)  is  remarkably  good  and  pure; 
and  there  is  abundant  Room  for  the 
Students  to  exercise  themselves,  not  only 
on  the  College  Ground,  but  by  walking 
out,  as  several  great  Roads  take  place 
there  abouts. 

It  is  more  accessible  than  any  other 
place  proposed,  both  from  the  Country 
and  Landing.  All  Sorts  of  Materials 
may  be  carried  to  the  Spot,  much  cheaper 
than  could  be  done  to  the  Place  in  Fenner's 
Lot  on  the  East  Side  of  the  River,  where 
it  hath  been  proposed  by  some  to  fix  the 
College.  Fuel,  Baggage,  and  Furniture, 
may  be  transported  thither  with  the  ut- 
most Facility,  as  the  Roads  from  every 
part  are  good  and  easy.  It  hath  the  ad- 
vantage of  being  near  the  Confluence  of 
divers  great  Roads,  from  the  best  and 
most  interesting  interior  parts  of  the 
Country.  Great  Quantities  of  Provisions 
come  by  this  Place  to  Market,  and  is  the 
Pass  where  the  Supply  of  Firewood  for  the 
Town  must  in  Future  be  principally  ex- 
pected, as  that  most  necessary  article  hath 
for  several  Years  failed,  and  grown  scarcer 
in  Smithfield  and  other  places,  from 
whence  the  Easterly  part  of  the  Town 
usually  were  supplied,  chiefly  caused  by 
immense  Comsumption  (sic)  of  Wood  in 
Lime  Kilns,  Forges  &c. 

►  The  Students  in  this  Place,  altho  they 
will  be  near  enough  to  the  compact  part 
of  the  Town  to  receive  every  accommo- 
dation and  Easement  that  may  be  needed, 
will  nevertheless  be  removed  from  the 
Interruptions  that  the  Noise,  Clamour, 
and  Bustle  of  Business  must  give  them, 
upon  a  nearer  Situation. 

The  Wisdom  of  all  ages  hath  consulted 
a  retired  Situation  for  Accademies,  Schools, 
and  Places  of  Learning,  as  most  proper 
for  Study. 

If  it  should  be  said  that  the  other  place 
proposed  is  retired,  it  may  be  answered, 
that  it  is  very  near  the  Center  of  Business, 
where  there  is  an  universal  Resort,  and 
a  few  Steps  will  carry  the  Students  into 
the  midst  of  Tumult,  and  will  greatly 
divert  their  minds  from  Study. 

We  have  observed  with  the  utmost 
concernment  a  Disposition  in  divers  people 


to  have  the  College  Edifice  erected  upon 
an  almost  inaccessible  Mountain;  and  our 
concern  is  the  greater  as  this  Measure 
appears  to  be  promoted  by  some  principal 
Gentlemen,  and  large  Subscribers.  Our 
Subscriptions  for  the  College  amount  to 
a  considerable  Sum  (let  it  be  built  where 
it  may  in  the  Town)  and  as  we  thought, 
as  much  as  we  could  conveniently  con- 
tribute; but  upon  hearing  that  great 
Interest  was  making  to  have  the  College 
built  upon  the  Hill  on  the  East  Side  of 
the  River,  we  exerted  ourselves  to  pre- 
vent that  most  injudicious  Measure,  and 
have  subscribed  a  further  Sum,  on  con- 
dition that  the  College  be  built  on  the 
West  Side,  to  be  appropriated  for  the 
Purchase  of  the  Lot,  making  a  Well,  and 
the  Residue  to  go  towards  building  the 
College,  as  the  Subscription  List  herewith 
presented  will  Manifest. 

If  we  make  a  Comparison  between  the 
two  places  we  shall  find,  that  the  pur- 
chase money  of  sufficient  Land  on  the 
East  Side,  will  exceed  that  on  the  West 
Side  of  the  River,  by  a  great  Sum;  and 
besides  the  Subscription  for  building  the 
College  in  general  Terms;  a  special  P'und 
amounting  to  a  Large  Sum  is  raised,  on 
Condition  that  it  be  built  on  the  West 
Side;  which  Considerations  we  think 
ought  to  have  due  Weight  in  fixing  a 
Building  of  such  great  Cost.  Doubtless 
Frugality  ought  to  be  consulted,  as  well 
as  other  Ideas  in  such  an  important  Af- 
fair. Further,  we  are  made  to  be  Ac- 
quainted   that    it    is    almost    a    general 


Sentiment  of  the  Subscribers  to  the 
College  on  the  Westerly  part,  as  well  as 
of  many  in  other  parts,  that  the  place 
which  we  offer  is  the  most  suitable. 

►  The  m.vtter  of  establishing  a  College 
or  University  is  of  the  highest  Moment, 
not  only  to  the  present  Age  but  to  future 
Generations.  One  wrong  Step  in  the 
begining,  in  Regard  to  the  Place,  can 
never  be  mended. 

The  Inconveniences,  Charges,  and  Diffi- 
culties, that  will  ensue  on  having  the 
College  seated  on  the  Top  of  a  high  Hill 
must  forever  be  insuperable.  The  very 
Difference  in  the  Cost  of  Fuel  for  a  few 
years  will  amount  to  a  Vast  Sum,  which 
will  be  so  much  Money  entirely  sunk. 
Therefore  it  is  that  we  present  this  Me- 
morial, protesting  against  such  a  Fixation, 
as  inconvenient,  and  a  measure  that  will 
stand  in  the  way  of  the  universal  Benefit 
supposed  to  arrise  from  the  College,  in 
general  and  Special. 

We  the  Memorialists  do  therefore  re- 
quest You  to  take  the  whole  matter  into 
a  deliberate  Consideration  and  that  you 
will  make  it  your  Report  to  the  Honorable 
and  Reverend  Corporation,  that  the  Col- 
lege be  fixed  in  the  Place  we  propose. 

Step.Rawson  As  a  Committee  of  & 
James  Black  in    behalf   of   the   Sub- 
Barnard  Eddy  scribers    whose     names 
Jno  Mathewson  are  presented  with 
C(aleb)  Harris  Memorial 


JOHN  CARTER   BROWN  LIBRARY     "the  premier  performance. 
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BROWN    ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


►  ►  The  First  Word  From  Connecticut 


►►  Workers  for  the  Brown  Housing  Fund  kept 
saying  in  November  that  it  was  too  early  to  report 
on  the  "trial  run"  over  in  Connecticut,  the  first  terri- 
tory active  in  the  area-by-area  type  of  campaigning 
to  be  employed  in  this  second  phase  of  the  $6,000,000 
enterprise.  But,  though  they  stressed  the  incon- 
clusive character  of  early  returns,  it  was  obvious  that 
they  were  pleased  with  the  way  things  were  starting. 

First,  there  was  good  organization  in  the  State, 
under  the  regional  chairman.  Rev.  Edwin  H.  TuUer 
'35.  Teams  were  covering  their  prospects,  seeing 
people  in  person.  The  cards  which  had  been  returned 
showed  participation  at  that  point  higher  than  any 
known  American  college  campaign.  A  third  of  the 
prospects  had  been  reported  on,  and  an  analysis  of 
those  who  had  made  their  decision  in  this  second 
round  revealed  they  were  giving  better  than  2)/^  times 
what  they  had  given  before. 

But  Mr.  Tuller  was  cautious:  "It  is  encouraging, 
but  we  are  not  satisfied.  The  pattern  is  such  that 
we  are  convinced  that  this  new  plan  of  campaign  is 
sound.  We'll  know  more  when  we  get  further  word 
after  the  first  of  the  month." 

►  Groundwork  was  being  laid  in  New  York,  where 
the  campaign  would  be  pressed  after  Connecticut. 
Along  with  Rhode  Island,  it  will  have  its  chance  in 
January,  February,  and  March.  National  Chairman 
Claude  R.  Branch  '07  announced  the  appointment  of 
Henderson  E.  Van  Surdam,  an  e.xperienced  worker 
in  college  campaigns,  as  assistant  to  the  Secretary 
of  the  University.  After  working  in  Connecticut, 
he  will  assist  in  the  organization  of  the  New  York 
area.  His  appointment  has  enabled  headquarters  to 
accelerate  the  general  campaign  program. 

How  thorough  the  Connecticut  organization  was 
could  be  seen  in  the  roster  of  campaigners.  Here  is 
a  breakdown,  community  by  community,  of  the  chair- 
men, advisors,  and  workers: 

BRIDGEPORT:  Area  Chairman— Edmund  L. 
Eveleth  '32.  Unit  Chairmen  and  Workers:  Danbury 
— Raymond  E.  Clafiin  '20,  chairman,  Francis  R. 
Repole  '33,  Arnold  F.  McLachlan  '28.  Fairfield— 
E.  P.  Blanchard  '12,  chairman,  Kenneth  A.  O'Brien 
'28.  Norwalk — Richard  A.  Ogden  '32,  chairman. 
Southport — E.  Perkins  Nichols  '19  chairman.  Stam- 
ford and  Greenuich — Nathan  B.  Silverman  '24,  chair- 
man, and  S.  Merritt  Skelding  '11.  Stratford — Wal- 
lace H.  Lineburgh  '37,  chairman,  and  Roger  D.  Har- 
vey '24.  Westport — Gordon  H.  Ingerson  '31,  chair- 
man. Wilton — William  H.  Crawford  '21,  chairman, 
Anthony  H.  Flack  '47,  Dwight  H.  Hall  '99,  and  Rich- 
ard H.  \'an  Horn  '17.  Area  Advisory  Committee — 
J.  Montgomery  Mason  '26  and  Messrs.  Blanchard, 
Crawford,  Hall,  Lineburgh,  Nichols,  O'Brien,  and 
Van  Horn. 

HARTFORD:  Area  Chairman— Cyrus  G.  Flan- 
ders '18.  Unit  Chairmen  and  Workers:  Bristol — 
George  C.  Wilcox  '19.  Hartford — Mr.  Flanders, 
chairman.  Robert  D.  Allison  '29,  co-chairman, 
August  F.  Avantaggio  '45,  Fred  A.  Lougee  '21,  and 
David  E.  Slattery  '36.  Wallace  H.  Henshaw  '23,  co- 
chairman,  William  C.  Bieluch  '30,  Ernest  E.  Intle- 
house  '26,  Paul  M.  Palten  '33,  and  Kenneth  Wright  '38. 
Herbert    A.    Howard    '28,    co-chairman,    Herbert    I. 


Buttrick,  Jr.,  '41,  and  Joseph  S.  Stookins  '34.  Hillis 
K.  Idleman  '31,  co-chairman.  Dr.  Newell  R.  Kelley 
'33,  co-chairman.  Dr.  Robert  A.  Goodell  '24,  Clarence 
F.  Roth  '46,  and  William  Wagner  '47.  Frederick  H. 
Rea  '35,  co-chairman.  Laurence  R.  Smith  '20,  co- 
chairman,  Donald  H.  Amidon  '40,  William  W.  Keffer 
'43,  and  Ralph  R.  Walker.  Elisha  C.  Wattles  '13, 
special  worker.  Z,a^«);7/i?— Howard  A.  Taber  '10, 
chairman.  Litchfield — Francis  E.  Enslin  '25  and 
Carl  T.  Hartigan  '37,  chairmen.     Manchester — Russell 

B.  Grannis  '36,  chairman.  Middletou'n-—Rev.  Alvin 
D.  Johnson  '39,  chairman.      New  Britain — Raymond 

C.  Lawson  '23,  chairman;  Oscar  S.  Anderson  '35,  co- 
chairman.  Suffield  and  Thorn psonville — Enrico  Cas- 
inghino  '39,  chairman;  G.  Gardner  Hathaway,  Jr., 
'42,  and  David  B.  Parlin  '40,  co-chairmen.  Area 
Advisory  Committee — Francis  P.  Brown,  Jr.,  '25,  C. 
Manton  Eddv  '22,  Milton  H.  Glover  '22,  Wilson  C. 
Jainsen  '22,  Ernest  W.  McCormick  '22,  Harold  A. 
McKay  '18,  Paul  E.  Monahan  '31,  Walter  P.  Rolland 
'22,  Mr.  Henshaw,  and  Dr.  Kelley. 

NEW  HAVEN:  Area  Chairman— Benjamin  A. 
Chase  II  '38.  Unit  Chairmen  and  Workers:  Bran- 
ford — F.  Kenneth  Armstrong  '23,  chairman.  Hamden 
— Andrew  L.  Breckenridge  '11,  chairman,  Roland  E. 
Copeland  '15,  and  Clarence  W.  Miller  '12.  Madison— 
J.  J.  Henry  Muller  III  '38,  chairman,  John  Ervin  '11, 
August  O.  Neidlinger  '32,  and  Olin  E.  Neidlinger  '33. 
Meriden — A.  Gordon  Davis  '28,  chairman,  Robert  J. 
Gannon  '36,  and  Dr.  Lester  H.  Sugarman  '30.  Milford 
Woodmont — Charles  E.  H.  Williams  '38,  chairman, 
and  Paul  W.  Holt  '36.  New  Haven— Kohert  B. 
Dugan  '33,  chairman,  John  C.  Braman  '40,  William 
A.  Bree,  Jr.,  '35,  Wilfred  C.  Broadbent  '39,  Henry  H. 
Bucholz  '25,  John  T.  Dolan  '31,  Robert  S.  Hallock 
'46,  Donald  H.  Holmes  '46,  Malcolm  A.  Jenckes  '24, 
Edward  A.  C.  Murphy  '13,  David  A.  Tuckerman  '46, 
and  Gardner  E.  Wheeler,  Jr.,  '36.  Naui^atuck — 
Charles  E.  Spencer  III  '42,  chairman,  and  Martin  F. 
Lynn  '42.  Netc  Milford — William  F.  Scholze,  Jr.,  '12, 
chairman.  North  Haven — Clarence  F.  Andrews  '26, 
chairman.  Valley — Dr.  Oscar  Rogol  '26,  chairman, 
and  Percy  Kingsley  '28.  Waterbury — Paul  V.  Hayden 
'25,  chairman.  West  Haven — -Hubert  C.  Hodge  '30, 
chairman.  Area  Advisory  Committee — Jerome  W. 
Gratenstein  '36,  V.  A.  Hedberg,  Jr.,  '22,  Harry  R. 
Westcott  '11,  and  Messrs.  Andrews,  Bucholz,  Davis, 
Dugan,    Hayden,   Hodge,   and   Miller. 

NORWICH:  Area  Chairman— Allyn  L.  Brown. 
Jr.,  '37.  Advisory  Committee — Rev.  Alexander  H. 
Abbott  '03,  Thomas  G.  Ahern  '42,  Hon.  Allyn  L. 
Brown  '05,  Dr.  G.  H.  Gildersleeve  '19,  and  Byron  M. 
Hatfield  '22.  Unit  Chairmen  and  Workers:  Norwich 
— Stephen  S.  Armstrong  '36,  chairman.  Rev.  Mr. 
Abbott,  Mr.  Ahern,  H.  Dexter  Hyland,  Jr.,  '38,  Wil- 
liam E.  Kelly  '40  and  Maurice  T.  Taylor  '33  New 
London — Lloyd  E.  Gallup  '23,  chairman.  Mystic — 
Carl  C.  Cutler  '03,  chairman. 

WILLIMANTIC:  Area  Chairman— Howard  W. 
Memmott  '33.  Unit  Chairmen:  Danielson — Rev. 
Nathan  B.  Burton  '16.  Putnam — Lewis  A.  Averill  '22 
and  Edward  C.  Fisher  '22.  Willimantic — Eric  H. 
Lind  '25.  < 


BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Our  New  Board  ^ 

►  ►  This  magazine  has  always  benefited  from  the 
attention  of  devoted  alumni  associated  with  it.  The 
present  Board  of  Editors  is  no  exception  to  this  qual- 
ity. That  this  is  so  is  wholly  fitting,  since  it  is  to 
them  that  the  Associated  Alumni  delegate  respons- 
ibility for  policy  and  content.  (Control  over  these 
two  continued  strictly  to  be  an  alumni  matter  when 
the  agreement  was  made  with  the  University  for  the 
financing  and  distribution  of  the  magazine  to  all 
Brown  men.) 

Carleton  D.  Morse  13  served  the  ALUMNI 
MONTHLY  faithfully  and  skillfully  as  Chairman  of 
the  Board  during  the  first  period  of  its  general  cir- 
culation. His  retirement  was  the  subject  of  wide 
regret  last  summer,  and  none  knew  better  than  the 
Board  and  the  stafT  what  his  great  contributions  had 
been.  Another  genuine  loss  came  in  the  death  of 
Chauncey  E.  Wheeler  '09  as  his  term  on  the  Board 
was  coming  to  an  end. 

The  Board  of  Editors  was  reorganized  this  fall  with 
the  election  of  Arthur  Braitsch  '23  as  its  Chairman. 
As  Business  Manager  of  the  magazine  when  the  late 
Henry  R.  Palmer  '90  transferred  the  property  to  the 
Associated  Alumni,  he  was  directly  involved  in  the  con- 
duct of  the  ALUMNI  MONTHLY  for  15  years.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Editors  from  the  start, 
and  the  alumni  are  fortunate  to  have  him  in  the 
chairmanship.  He  is  a  Providence  advertising  man 
who  runs  his  own  agency;  he  was  at  one  time  an 
English  instructor  at  Brown. 

The  new  Vice-Chairman  is  George  W.  Potter  '21, 
chief  editorial  writer  for  the  Providence  Journal  and 
Evening  Bulletin,  He  is  a  past  Pulitzer  Prize-winner 
and  former  member  of  the  Brown  English  Depart- 
ment. He  represents  the  magazine  on  the  Board  of 
Directors  of  the  Associated  Alumni.  H.  Stanton 
Smith  '21  is  a  member  of  the  Board  by  virtue  of  his 
being  President  of  the  Associated  Alumni.  Prof.  I. 
J.  Kapstein  '26,  novelist  and  member  of  the  English 
Department,  is  the  Faculty  representative  on  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Associated  Alumni.  He 
has  been  Vice-Chairman  of  the  ALUMNI  MONTH- 
LY for  the  past  two  years.  George  F.  Troy,  Jr.,  '31, 
education  specialist  for  the  Providence  Journal  con- 
tinues in  the  Board  as  well. 

Two  new  members  joined  the  group  this  fall: 
Garrett  D.  Byrnes  '26,  Sunday  Editor  of  the  Provi- 
dence Journal  and  lecturer  at  the  Columbia  Press 
Institute.  H.  Linus  Travers  '27,  high-ranking  radio 
executive  in  the  Mutual  Broadcasting  System  and 
Yankee  Network.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Directors   of    the   Associated   Alumni.  "* 

Your  Souvenirs  of  Brown 

►  A  REMINDER  from  the  University  Archivist,  W. 
Easton  Louttit  '25:  The  John  Hay  Library  continues 
to  hope  that  Brown  alumni  will  make  available  pic- 
tures, clippings,  programs,  and  other  souvenirs  of 
their  day  in  College.  In  fact,  Brunoniana  of  all 
kinds  are  welcome  additions  to  the  special  collections 
in  the  University  Library.  Material  may  be  left 
in  the  Special  Collections  Room  or  addressed  to  the 
Archivist,  John  Hay  Library,  Brown  University, 
Providence  12,  R.  I.  < 


President  of  the  A.  A.    U. 

►  ►  Dr.  Henry  M.  Wriston,  President  of  Brown 
University,  has  been  elected  President  of  the  Asso- 
ciation of  American  Universities.  The  election  took 
place  at  a  meeting  of  the  Association  held  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  last  October  28-30  but 
was  not  announced  at  that  time  because  several  chang- 
es in  the  constitution  had  to  be  ratified  by  member 
institutions.     These  changes  are  now  in  etYect. 

At  the  present  time  the  Association  is  composed 
of  34  institutions  of  high  standing  on  the  North 
American  continent  and  has  as  its  purpose  the  con- 
sideration and  expression  of  opinions  on  matters  of 
common  interest  relating  to  university  policy. 

Dr.  Frank  P.  Graham,  President  of  the  University 
of  North  Carolina,  was  elected  Vice-President,  and 
Chancellor  Deane  W.  Mallott  of  the  University  of 
Kansas,  Secretary-Treasurer. 

Among  the  changes  made  in  the  constitution  was 
the  establishment  of  a  constituent  branch  to  be  known 
as  the  Association  of  Graduate  Schools  and  whose 
chief  concern  will  be  the  improvement  of  graduate 
teaching  and  research.  Dean  C.  A.  Elvehjem  of  the 
University  of  Wisconsin  was  elected  President  of  this 
Association;  Dean  Arthur  R.  Tebbutt  (Brown  1927) 
of  Northwestern  University,  Vice-President;  and 
Dean  N.  Paul  Hudson  of  Ohio  State  University, 
Secretary. 

It  was  voted  that  individuals  rather  than  institu- 
tions should  be  officers.  Last  year  Harvard  Univer- 
sity held  the  office  of  president. 

Membership  qualifications  in  the  Association  of 
American  Universities,  commonly  considered  as  the 
highest  ranking  academic  organization  in  existence, 
have  been  restated  as  follows:  "It  is  composed  of 
institutions  on  the  North  American  continent  the 
quality  of  whose  graduate  work  in  certain  fields  is 
high  and,  in  addition,  whose  claims  for  inclusion  are 
strong,  either  because  of  general  high  standing  of 
their  programs  or  because  of  the  high  standing  of  one 
or  more  of  their  professional  schools.  New  members 
will  be  admitted  by  a  three-fourths  vote  of  the  mem- 
bership." ■* 
The  Japs  Were  Convicted 

►  Long  months  of  work  as  Chief  Prosecutor  of  Jap- 
anese war  criminals  brought  satisfaction  to  Joseph  B. 
Keenan  '10  in  November  when  the  international 
tribunal  in  Tokyo  brought  in  a  verdict  of  guilty. 
Former  Premier  Hideki  Tojo  and  24  other  high  offi- 
cials were  convicted  of  war  conspiracy.  Mr.  Keenan 
formally   cleared    Emperor    Hirohito. 

Mr.  Keenan,  formerly  the  Assistant  to  the  Attorney 
General  of  the  United  States,  has  formed  a  law  part- 
nership with  Morris  Kanfer,  formerly  special  counsel 
to  the  Bureau  of  Internal  Revenue;  Frederick  Bernays 
Wiener,  lately  resigned  as  Assistant  to  the  Solicitor 
General  of  the  United  States;  and  Robert  T.  Murphy, 
formerly  associated  with  Mr.  Keenan.  Mr.  Wiener 
is  Brown  1927.  '* 

The  Air  Is  International 

►  Dr.  Paul  T.  David,  who  received  his  Ph.  D.  from 
Brown  in  1933,  will  serve  the  International  Civil 
Aviation  Organization  as  Chairman  of  the  Air  Trans- 
port Committee  for  a  year.  He  is  the  United  States 
member  of  that  committee.  Dr.  David  was  an  in- 
structor in  economics  at  Brown  from  1928  to  1930.       ■* 


10 


BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


►  ►  Big  Brown:  "He's  Just  a  Bear... " 

BY   HOWARD  Sr  CURTIS.  Director.  Brown  News  Bureau 


►  ►  Always  lively  and  imaginative  in  their  support 
of  Brown,  the  loyal  Mid-West  Alumni  made  history 
again  when  they  presented  the  University  this  fall 
with  a  mammoth  nine-foot  stufTcd  bear  in  testimony 
of  their  high  regard  for  their  old  Alma  Mater.  An 
erstwhile  "Big  Brown"  or  Kodiak  bear,  native  of 
Sitka,  Alaska,  this  permanent  mascot  for  Brown 
weighed  an  estimated  1600  pounds  on  the  paw  and 
was  brought  to  bay  some  10  years  ago  by  five  shots 
from  the  gun  of  Jack  Durrell,  big-game  hunter  and 
former  \'ice-President  of  the  National  City  Bank  of 
New  York. 

No  welcome  sight  in  live  form.  Bruin  is  originally 
reported  as  towering  12  feet  on  his  hind  legs,  but  the 
stuffing  process  cost  him  two  feet  eight  inches  in 
height  and  about  1000  pounds  in  weight.  Lighter 
and  smaller  now,  he  is  still  characteristically  a  Brown 
Bear,  and  frisky  >oung  Bruno  the  Ninth,  the  1948 
team  mascot,  would  have  to  be  enlarged  10  times  to 
be  in  the  same  class.  Bruin  looms  menacingly,  claws 
unsheathed  and  three-inch  fangs  bared,  on  his  own 
pedestal  in  a  post  that  promises  to  be  a  positive  in- 
spiration to  generations  of  Brown  linemen. 

An  energetic  idea-man  and  national  vice-chairman 
of  the  Brown  Housing  and  Development  campaign, 
Ronald  M.  Kimball  '18  of  Chicago  persuaded  Mr. 
Durrell  to  part  with  his  troph\^  for  the  greater  glory 
of  Brown.  Kimball  enlisted  the  able  aid  of  Jack 
Monk  '24,  also  of  Chicago,  in  soliciting  funds  to  cover 
the  purchase.,  perpetual  anti-moth  treatment,  and 
general  upkeep  of  the  bear. 

The  animal  hulk  was  presented  to  President  Wriston 
at  the  football  rally  the  night  before  the  Holy  Cross 


game.  When  Mr.  Kimball  made  the  presentation, 
the  bear  was  unveiled  by  Gloria  K.  Green,  daughter 
of  Governor  Dwight  H.  Green  of  Illinois  and  George 
Deiderick  of  St.  Louis,  from  this  year's  Freshman 
Class  at  Pembroke  and  Brown.  Prominent  support- 
ers of  the  project  were  introduced,  all  Brown  Trustees 
from  the  Middle  West:  Dr.  W.  Russell  Burwell  '15  of 
Cleveland;  Chapin  S.  Newhard  '22  of  St.  Louis; 
James  L.  Palmer  '19  of  Chicago;  John  G.  Peterson  '18 
of  Minneapolis;  and  Mr.  Kimball. 

From  Middleboro,  Mass.,  Everett  Bowen  '92,  a 
member  of  the  first  Brown  football  team  which  played 
a  regular  schedule,  came  to  be  on  hand  and  share  the 
undergraduates'  applause. 

Earlier  in  the  day  more  than  200  Brown  and  Pem- 
broke students  from  the  Middle  West  attended  a  tea 
to  welcome  the  Trustees  and  observe  Mid-West  Day. 
They  came  back  later  that  night  to  see  the  new  bear 
in  its  permanent  place  in  a  huge  glass  case  in  the 
Faunce  House  Trophy  Room,  with  a  plaque  appro- 
priately giving  its  history.  '* 

{For  evidence  of  national  interest  in  this  project, 
turn  to  page  21  this  issue) 


THEY  ALL  HAVE  TO  LOOK  UP  at  the  big  Alaska 
Brown  Bear  which  alumni  of  the  Middle  West  pre- 
sented to  the  University  this  fall.  Sponsor  of  the 
plan  was  Ronald  M.  Kimball  '18,  in  dark  coat  at  left. 
With  him  is  Everett  A.  Bowen  '92,  a  survivor  of  Brown's 
first  football  squad  who  was  introduced  to  the  under- 
graduates the  night  of  the  presentation.  Football 
players  with  the  bear  are  Ed  Finn  (50)  and  Capt. 
Norm  lacuele  (69) 


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BROWN    ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


The  Man  Hampton  Picked 
^  Hampton  Institute  has  chosen  Alonzo  G.  Moron  '32 
as  Acting  President.  He  has  been  serving  the  famous 
Virginia  institution  as  Business  Manager  for  two 
years.  He  is  former  Commissioner  of  Public  Wel- 
fare for  the  Virgin  Islands,  his  home,  and  a  former 
manager  of  two  Federal  housing  projects  at  Atlanta, 
Ga. 

Mr.  Moron  came  to  Brown  after  graduation  from 
Hampton  Institute's  Division  of  Trades  and  Indus- 
tries. His  Brown  degree  was  awarded  cum  laude. 
In  addition,  he  studied  at  the  University  of  Pittsburgh 
under  a  fellowship  from  the  National  Urban  League, 
receiving  an  A.  M.,  and  last  year  earned  his  LL.  B. 
from  Harvard  Law. 

In  his  native  \'irgin  Islands,  he  was  responsible  for 
developing  a  public  welfare  program  in  a  community 
75  per  cent  of  whose  population  had  been  described 


HAMPTON'S  PINCII-IIITTER:  Alonzo  G.  Moron  '32 

as  "either  unemployed  or  under-employed."  His 
long-range  survey  laid  the  basis  for  the  present  hous- 
ing program  in  the  Virgin  Islands.  In  1936  he  was 
housing  manager  for  University  Homes,  a  Federally 
operated  low-rent  housing  project  for  675  Negro 
families  in  Atlanta.  When  it  was  leased  to  the 
Housing  Authority  of  Atlanta  in  1940,  he  became 
consultant  in  the  building  of  six  more  housing  pro- 
jects and  added  the  managership  of  a  second  to  his 
other  duties.  In  Atlanta  he  was  a  regular  lecturer 
in  housing  at  the  School  of  Social  Work  and  occa- 
sionally in  other  fields.  Mr.  Moron  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  National  Association  of  Housing  Officials, 
the  interracial  committee  of  the  Atlanta  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  the  executive  boards  of  the  Georgia 
Conference  of  Social  Work,  the  Atlanta  Social  Plan- 
ning Council,  and  the  Atlanta  Urban  League.  ^ 

Marshall  Plan's  Budget  Director 
►  Norman  S.  Tabor  '13,  as  director  of  the  budget 
division  of  the  Economic  Co-operation  Administra- 
tion, holds  today  one  of  the  most  vital  posts  in  the 
whole  Marshall  Plan  scheme.  He  was  named  this 
fall  after  years  of  fame  as  an  expert  consultant  in 
governmental  finance.  The  former  Rhodes  Scholar 
and  one-time  holder  of  the  world's  record  in  the  mile 
run  served  Brown  as  Chairman  of  the  Athletic  Coun- 
cil at  one  time  and  is  a  Trustee  of  the  University.       ■* 


Football  Fare  for  1949 
^  Replace  Rutgers  and  Connecticut  with  Columbia 
and  Lehigh  and,  with  the  balance  of  the  1948  oppon- 
ents listed  again,  you  have  Brown's  1949  football 
schedule  as  announced  Now  18  by  Paul  F.  Mackesey, 
Director  of  Athletics.  It  is  again  a  nine-game  cycle, 
opening  about  a  week  later  than  this  past  fall  and 
affording  no  idle  Saturday  on  the  weekend  before 
Thanksgiving. 

Appearing  in  Providence  are  Holy  Cross,  the  first 
game,  Rhode  Island  State,  Lehigh,  and  Colgate,  the 
last  continuing  in  its  Turkey  Day  role.  Away  from 
home  are  Princeton,  Western  Reserve,  Yale,  Harvard, 
and  Columbia — the  last  four  of  them  on  successive 
Saturdays.  Yale,  met  in  1948  on  the  first  day  of  the 
season,  returns  to  the  more  customary  mid-season 
spot,  the  week  before  the  Harvard  game. 

The  schedule:  Oct.  1— Holy  Cross.  Oct.  8— Rhode 
Island.  Oct.  15— at  Princeton.  Oct.  22 — Lehigh. 
Oct.  29 — at  Western  Reserve.  Nov.  5 — at  Yale. 
Nov.  12 — at  Harvard.  Nov.  19 — at  Columbia.  Nov. 
24 — Colgate.  Columbia,  a  team  over  which  the 
Bruins  hold  a  seven-to-five  advantage  in  the  number 
of  victories  to  date,  with  two  games  ending  as  ties, 
comes  back  on  the  Brown  schedule  after  a  lapse  of 
three  years,  while  Brown  has  not  played  Lehigh  since 
1931.  The  Bears  and  the  Engineers  played  six  games 
between  1895  and  1931,  the  former  winning  four. 
When  Brown  returns  the  1948  visit  of  Western  Re- 
serve by  journeying  to  Cleveland  for  the  inter- 
sectional  game  on  Oct.  29,  it  will  be  the  first  time  a 
Brown  eleven  has  appeared  in  the  Middle  West  since 
1924  when  the  Brunonians  played  the  University  of 
Chicago.  ■^ 

Assisting  Howard  Hughes 

►  Malcolm  Smith  '25  has  been  elected  Vice-President 
of  the  Hughes  Tool  Company,  the  Houston,  Tex., 
Chamber  of  Commerce  Magazine  reported  in  its  Octo- 
ber issue.  The  former  New  York  investment  banker 
will  assist  Howard  Hughes,  President,  in  the  super- 
vision of  the  many  Hughes  interests,  including  Trans 
World  Airways,  Hughes  Aircraft  Company,  and 
Radio-Keith-Orpheum  Corporation.  Mr.  Smith  is  a 
former  partner  of  J.  H.  Whitney  and  Company,  pri- 
vate investment  firm,  and  also  of  Glore,  Forgan  and 
Company,  Investment  bankers  of  New  York  and 
Chicago.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Vendo  Company, 
the  Sunflower  Natural  Gas  Company,  and  the  Spencer 
Chemical  Company  of  Kansas  City.  He  was  a  Lt. 
Col.  in  the  Army  Service  Forces  in  World  War  II.     '* 

Advertisers  Elect  Standish 

►  Myles  Standish  '20  is  the  new  President  of  the 
Outdoor  Advertising  Association  of  America,  elected 
at  the  organization's  national  convention  at  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  in  November.  He  is  President  of  Standish, 
Inc.,  the  Standish  Barnes  Co.,  and  the  Newport 
Poster  Advertising  Co.,  with  his  office  at  507  Union 
Trust  Building,  Providence.  '* 

For  Connecticut's  Junior  Bar 

►  William  Bieluch  '39  was  elected  Chairman  of  the 
Junior  Bar  of  Connecticut  at  the  convention  of  the 
State  Bar  Association  Oct.  18.  He  is  also  Connecti- 
cut State  Chairman  of  the  Junior  Bar  Conference  of 
the  American  Bar  Association.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  newly  formed  law  partnership  of  Sidor  &  Bieluch, 
with  offices  at  525  Main  St.,  Hartford.  "* 


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BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


The  Best  Eleven  Since  '32  ^  ^ 


Brown  Team  Statistics 


►  ►  "Win  7."  That  was  the  way  the 
Band  spelled  it  out,  and  that  was  what 
everyone  in  the  Brown  stands  was  pulling 
for  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  1948.  To  make 
the  point  even  more  emphatic,  the  cheer- 
leaders rolled  gargantuan  dice  which  were 
so  rigged  that  they  could  come  up  only 
with  7s.  By  beating  Colgate,  respected 
and  generally  jinxing  foe,  the  Varsity 
football  team  won  that  seventh  game  for 
the  best  season  on  the  books  since  1932. 

It  is  true  that  two  games  of  hearts'  de- 
sire— against  Yale  and  Harvard — were 
not  with  the  other  trophies.  But  Prince- 
ton, Holy  Cross,  Rutgers,  Colgate,  Rhode 
Island,  Connecticut,  and  Western  Reserve 
had  all  been  beaten,  with  thrills  attendant 
all  the  way.  And  although  a  dozen 
different  players  began  to  see  themselves 
mentioned  as  "AU-This"  or  "Ail-That," 
the  impressive  fact  was  that  it  had  been  a 
solid,  balanced  team  performance  which 
brought  Brown  its  success.  This  had 
been  evident  in  the  year's  high  spot — at 
Princeton — and  in  every  offensive  and 
defensive  accomplishment. 

On  Thanksgiving  Day  eight  men  were 
on  the  field  for  Brown  for  the  last  time. 
Captain  Norm  lacuele  had  been  out  most 
of  the  year  with  a  broken  leg,  after  playing 
in  30  straight  encounters.  Ed  Finn,  one 
of  the  country's  great  passers  and  a  slick 
ball-handler,  had  led  the  team's  ofTense 
with  a  credit  of  934  yards,  virtually  all 
of  it  on  his  tosses.  Bill  McLellan,  a 
power  at  tackle,  also  had  his  recognition 
as  the  two  were  chosen  to  play  in  the 
North-South  game.  Ed  Hendrick  had 
had  a  good  year  at  end,  while  Bob  Rougvie 
Tom  Nicholas,  Dave  Livingston,  and 
Vice  D'Angelo  had  all  been  serviceable 
linesmen. 

►  Over  the  nine  games  Unn  completed 
47  out  of  102  attempted  passes  for  a  total 
of  917  yards  (an  average  of  19.5  yards 
per  completion)  and  13  touchdowns  to 
top  his  1947  total  by  512  yards.  This 
passing  total  plus  17  yards  gained  rushing 
give  him  a  934  yard  figure  for  total  offense. 
Halfback  Chuck  Nelson  was  Finn's  fa- 
vorite aerial  target,  as  the  combination 
connected  with  16  completed  passes, 
good  for  435  yards  (an  a\'erage  of  27.2 
yards  per  completion)  and  seven  touch- 
downs. Twenty-eight  per  cent  of  Finn's 
completions  went  for  scores  to  set  a  very 
high  ratio  of  touchdowns-per-completed- 
pass. 

Roger  Young  was  the  leading  ground 
gainer  on  the  Bruin  eleven,  rolling  up  506 
yards  in  98  carries  (5.2  yards  per  try) 
and  10  touchdowns  to  also  be  the  leading 
scorer.  Fullback  Arnie  Green  was  next 
in  line  in  rushing  with  365  yards  in  90 
tries. 

The  Brown  team  as  a  whole  topped 
the  1947  total  team  figures  in  every  de- 
partment except  pass  interceptions.  Oddly 
enough,  the  Brown  pass  defense  was  far 
more  effective  than  a  year  ago  and  the 
Bruins  are  rated  one  of  the  top  five  teams 
in  the  countr\'  in  this  category,  but  they 
still  intercepted  17  passes  in  1947  and  16 
this  season.  Two  other  unusual  figures 
in  the  1948  statistics  pertain  to  fumbles 
and  penalties.  Brown  recovered  no  less 
than  21  of  the  24  fumbles  made  by  the 
opposition,  and  Brown  and  its  opponents 
were  penalized  exactly  the  same  number 
of  yards  during  the  season — 348. 


This  season's  Brown  eleven  averaged 
26.9  points  per  game,  ranking  them  second 
in  Bruin  grid  annals  behind  Fritz  Pollard's 
1916  aggregation  with  its  28.2  points  per 
game  average.  The  season's  total  of  242 
points  is  the  fourth  highest  in  Brown  his- 
tory, topped  only  by  teams  in  1894,  1905 
and  1916. 

Just  to  refresh  your  memory,  here  are 
the  1948  scores  again:  Yale  28,  Brown  13. 
Brown  23,  Princeton  20.  Brown  33,  R. 
I.  State  0.  Brown  14,  Holy  Cross  6. 
Brown  49,  Connecticut  6.  Brown  20, 
Rutgers  6.  Brown  36,  Western  Reserve  0. 
Harvard  30,  Brown  19.  Brown  35,  Col- 
gate 7. 

►  High  scorer  for  Brown  was  Roger 
Young  with  10  touchdowns,  60  points. 
Nelson  was  next  with  8  for  48.  The  others: 
George  Paterno  30,  Condon  26  (17  extra 
points,  3  field  goals),  DiDomenico  18, 
Kozak  12,  Green  12,  Finn,  Altieri,  Zeoli, 
Mahoney,  Beaulieu,  and  Rodewig  6  each. 
Team  statistics  showed  that  Brown 
topped  its  yardage  total  for  1947  by  467 
yards.  In  passing  the  aggregate  of  1066 
yards  compared  with  673  last  year.  Rush- 
ing netted  74  more  yards. 

All  year  long  Brown  played  a  prominent 
role  in  national  gridiron  statistics.  It 
was  consistently  first  in  the  East  on  pass 
defense,  and  the  honor  still  belonged  to 
the  team  after  nine  games.  It  yielded 
only  55.7  yards  per  game.  Going  into 
the  Harvard  game,  the  Bear  was  rated 
fifth  nationally  on  total  defense,  second 
nationally  in  pass  defense,  and  15th  on 
total  offense.  At  various  stages  of  the 
campaign,  the  team  was  among  the  of- 
fensive leaders  in  the  East,  (third  to  fifth) 
Ed  Finn  was  among  the  top  15  on  pass 


Two   Years  In  a  Row 

►  Wh.\tever  jin.x  there  is  which 
thri\es  at  Cambridge,  does  not 
confine  itself  to  Varsity  football. 
For  the  second  year  in  a  row,  Brown 
dropped  five  games  in  a  single 
weekend    to    Harvard. 

A  favored  Varsity  football  team 
bowed  to  an  upsurging  host,  while 
the  Freshmen  surrendered  a  fourth 
period  lead  and  the  Jayvees  also 
lost  a  close  contest.  A  year  ago 
it  was  the  Freshman  football  eleven 
which  went  against  Harvard  un- 
•  defeated;  this  year  it  was  the  yearl- 
ing soccer  team,  which  lost  its  first 
game  5-1  although  scoring  first. 
The  Varsity  soccer  team  in  losing 
3-0  was  far  from  being  the  machine 
which  beat  Yale  and  Princeton  this 
fall. 

Certain  undergraduates  took 
paintbrushes  to  Cambridge  to  dec- 
orate the  Harvard  yard  with 
"Browns"  and  "B's"  this  year. 
They  were  caught  and  suspended, 
both  for  being  destructive  and  un- 
imaginative. It  was  the  Harvard 
athlete,  however,  who  really  ap- 
plied the  whitewash  on  that  sad 
weekend.  .'\nd  the  Harvard  cheer- 
ing section,  relentless  as  a  Greek 
chorus,  seemed  to  mean  it  when  it 
chanted:  "What  do  we  eat?  What 
do  we  eat?  BEAR  MEAT,  BEAR 
MEAT!  "  < 


First  downs 
Rushing  tries 
Yds.  gained  rushing 
Forward  passes 
Forwards  completed 
Yds.  gained  passing 
Total  yds.  offense 
Passes  int.  by 
Punt  runbacks 
Av.  distance  punts 
Fumbles 
Ball  lost  fumbles 
Yds.  lost  penalties 
Points 
Touchdowns 
Extra  points 
Field  goals 


Brown 

Oppo. 

127 

83 

450 

370 

1949 

1386 

132 

128 

57 

43 

1066 

502 

3015 

1890 

16 

12 

546 

351 

37 

36 

16 

24 

10 

21 

348 

348 

242 

103 

35 

15 

23 

10 

3 

1 

completions  and  distance,  and  Joe  Paterno 
was  fifth  nationally  on  punt  returns. 

Lewis  Shaw,  Athletic  Publicity  Direct- 
or, provides  individual  statistics,  too. 
In  rushing  the  yardages  were  as  follows: 
Young  506,  Green  365,  DiDomenico  140, 
Nelson  131,  George  Paterno  120,  Gresh 
110,  Zeoli  105,  Beaulieu  98,  Rodewig  81, 
Joe  Paterno  63,  Rich  52,  Kozak  51,  Florio 
31,  Pastuszak  23,  Ormsby  19,  Finn  17, 
Sullivan  13,  Lenker  11,  Roth  7,  Searles  4. 

The  figures  on  pass  reception:  Nelson 
16  for  435  yards,  Mahoney  12  for  176, 
George  Paterno  7  for  155,  Searles  7  for  93, 
Young  4  for  72,  Powers  2  for  46,  Altieri 
3  for  42,  Rodewig  2  for  18,  Green  1  for  11, 
Rich  1  for  7,  Zeoli  1  for  6,  Kozak  1  for  5. 
The  passers:  Finn  47  of  102  for  917  yards. 
Joe  Paterno  8  of  18  for  127  yards,  Pas- 
tuszak 2  of  9  for  22. 


Brown  49, 


Connecticut  6 


►  Two  TOUCHDOWNS  in  the  first  seven 
minutes  settled  the  issue  early  against 
Connecticut,  although  the  Nutmeggers 
had  been  touted  to  provide  quite  a  battle, 
on  the  strength  of  their  performance  in 
holding  Yale  to  a  single  score.  A  touch- 
down in  eleven  running  plays  after  get- 
ting possession  of  the  ball  on  the  UConn 
45  accounted  tor  the  first  markdown. 
The  second  score  followed  swiftly  when 
the  Huskies  fumbled  on  their  14.  Young 
was  the  runner  on  the  first  three  touch- 
downs, the  last  coming  in  the  second 
period  after  Green's  45- yard  dash  across 
the  goal-line  had  been  nullified  because  of 
clipping. 

Substitutions  were  liberal  in  the  second 
half,  but  each  new  man  was  determined 
to  make  himself  telt.  Other  scoring:  two 
touchdowns  by  George  Paterno,  one  by 
Zeoli,  another  on  a  Finn-Nelson  pass,  and 
a  handsome  placement  by  Joe-the-Toe 
Condon.  A  kickoff  return  of  45  yards 
by  Green,  and  two  pass  interceptions  by 
Joe  Paterno  and  Altieri  were  other  high- 
lights. In  all  Brown  ground  out  22  first 
downs  and  374  yards  on  ground  plays, 
with  just  enough  passes  to  keep  the  Husk- 
ies off  balance. 

Brown  20.  Rutgers  6 

►  Ordinarily  defensive  football  doesn't 
breed  excitement,  but  Brown's  victory 
performance  in  thwarting  a  strong  Rutgers 
eleven  was  a  thriller  often  because  of  the 
superb  pass-checking  and  line  surges  by 
the  Brunonians.  On  the  attack.  Brown 
had  enough  punch  in  Young's  running 
and  Finn's  passing  to  keep  the  action  hot 
and  provide  the  winning  margin. 

Gathering  momentum  slowly,  this 
battle  of  two  rugged  teams  brought  plenty 
of  extraordinary  football  in  its  later  stages. 


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Fumbles  hurt  Brown's  chances  in  the 
first  period,  once  on  the  Rutgers  38,  and 
the  Bear  found  himself  in  a  hole  on  a 
coffin-corner  kick  and  a  fumble.  But 
Brown  drove  out  on  hard  running,  later 
recovered  a  fumble  on  the  Scarlet  36,  and 
set  up  its  first  score  on  a  tumbling  catch 
by  Searles  of  a  Joe  Paterno  pass.  Young's 
eventual  score  by  the  whirling  method 
(three  spins  and  over  from  the  eight)  only 
roused  Rutgers,  which  went  93  yards  for 
its  only  tally  of  the  day.  Scott  blocked 
the    conversion    attempt. 

Going  71  yards  early  in  the  third  period. 
Brown  put  the  game  on  ice  by  mi.\ing 
passes  with  dashes,  the  score  coming  when 
George  Paterno  took  Finn's  forward  all 
alone  in  the  flat  and  went  40  yards  further 
on  rugged  blocking.  Though  George  was 
the  last  defender  in  the  way  on  the  en- 
suing kickotT,  he  not  only  stopped  his  man 
but  came  up  with  a  stolen  ball  on  Rutgers 
28.  From  here  on  Rutgers  was  bottled 
up,  and  a  Kozak  punt  added  further  woe 
by  slanting  olif  on  the  one-yard  line.  Burns' 
passes  always  carried  a  threat,  but  Pas- 
tuszak  batted  down  seven,  three  on  suc- 
cessive plays,  and  Rougvie  set  up  Browns 
last  score  with  an  interception  which  he 
carried  to  the  Scarlet  24.  Another  circus 
catch  by  Searles  and  Young's  whack  at 
center  did  the  trick. 

It  was  the  first  time  in  two  years  that 
Rutgers  had  been  defeated  at  home. 
Superlative  line  play  from  tackle  to  tackle 
bottled  up  the  Scarlet  backs  and  limited 
the  rushing  to  58  yards  net  and.only  eight 
of  24   passes  were  completed. 

Brown  36.  IVeslern  Reserve  0 

►  Building  for  the  future.  Western  Re- 
serve brought  a  squad  of  24  Sophomores, 
10  Juniors  and  no  Seniors  to  Providence 
in  the  first  of  the  home-and-home  series. 
While  next  year  may  be  a  different  story, 
the  Red  Cats  were  no  match  for  Brown's 
slashing  type  of  play  that  featured  a  work- 
out for  the  whole  benchful  of  stringers. 
Reserve  set  something  of  a  record  by 
fumbling  the  first  five  times  it  put  the 
ball  in  play.  Brown's  first  score  canie 
80  seconds  after  we  kicked  oflf  to  the  vis- 
itors, another  came  four  minutes  later, 
on  a  placement  by  Condon.  The  10th 
minute  saw  a  romp  of  63  yards  in  si.\ 
plays  for  more  points.  Nelson  scored 
two  touchdowns,  one  on  a  Finn  pass.  Finn 
himself  made  a  touchdown,  as  did  George 
Paterno  and  Beaulieu. 


Harvard  30, 


Brown  19 


utes,  after  Harvard  had  pieced  together 
a  couple  of  first  downs  and  then  been 
forced  to  kick.  Straightway  Scott  dropped 
on  a  Harvard  punt  that  Chernak,  the 
great  Sophomore  guard,  had  blocked. 
From  the  foe's  24-yard  line  Finn  passed 
to  Nelson  from  the  Condon  fake-place- 
ment set-up  (the  same  play  had  beaten 
Yale  last  year).  .Although  Nelson  didn't 
quite  go  all  the  way.  Young  went  on  a 
sweep  two  plays  later  from  the  seven.  The 
13-0  score  was  comforting,  and  people 
were  tr\'ing  to  remember  how  much  it 
was  that  Princeton  had  beaten  Harvard 

by- 

But  the  Crimson  rose  up,  aided  by  an 
offensive  kick  that  went  out  on  our  two- 
yard  line.  The  return  punt  went  only  to 
the  30,  and  Harvard  shortly  had  its  first 
touchdown.  .Another  followed  a  spec- 
tacular jump-pass  to  Moffie,  and  the  score 
was  tied  at  13-all.  Before  halftime,  how- 
ever, Brown  had  recovered  a  fumble,  and 
Finn  tossed  another  beauty  to  Young  for 
the  lead  at  19-13. 

In  the  second  half  the  breaks  began  to 
figure  against  us  rather  than  for  us.  We 
fumbled  at  midfield  when  another  march 
was  moving,  and  Harvard  capitalized  by 
throwing  all  its  Michigan  book.  The 
conversion  gave  the  home  team  a  20-19 
margin.  The  clincher  came  when  Har- 
vard advanced  again  to  the  Brown  20, 
was  checked,  and  had  to  pass.  Pastuszak 
covered  the  play  perfectly,  and  Fiorentino 
the  intended  receiver,  stopped  running. 
But  the  ball  was  tipped  into  his  surprised 
arms,  and  there  was  the  game,  although 
Brown  continued  to  threaten.  Halted 
on  the  Har\'ard  30  after  three  first  downs 
and  60  yards'  gaining.  Brown  elected  to 
try  a  field-goal,  that  could  have  whittled 
the  lead  to  five  points.  The  kick  was 
poor,  however,  against  a  sharp  wind.  At 
midfield  soon  after  Harvard  gambled  on 


i-^*" 
*->,* 


►  Rip  Engle  muttered  every  tmie  tne 
word  "favorite"  was  applied  to  Brown 
just  before  this  game,  but  the  efficiency 
with  which  the  Bears  manufactured  two 
touchdowns  in  the  first  period  made  his 
worries  seem  absurd.  Then  Harvard 
found  itself,  clicked  with  a  fast,  versatile 
and  unpredictable  offense,  came  back 
with  a  vengeance.  It  was  a  great  team 
which  beat  Brown,  and  Yale  learned  it  a 
week  later,  too. 

Alter  the  Princeton  rout  of  Harvard, 
the  editor  of  the  Harvard  Alumni  Bulletin 
told  us  he  couldn't  understand  it:  the  1948 
team  seemed  the  best  Harvard  eleven  he 
had  ever  seen.  The  performance  against 
Brown  justified  him,  and  the  Bulletin's 
story  of  the  Brown  game  was  headlined: 
"Now  We  Can  Hold  Our  Heads  Up." 
The  Crimson  team,  too,  was  playing 
"heads  up"  football  after  recovering  its 
poise. 

Finn  hit  Young  with  a  perfect  pass  to 
score  from  the  Brown  40  within  six  min- 


FINN  HAD  good  receivers:         Above 

Mahoney  in  the  Holy  Cross  end  zone. 

(Brown  Daily  Herald  Photo) 


fourth  down  with  a  fake  kick,  and  Roche 
swept  to  the  Brown  28.  From  the  23  a 
field  goal  by  Dvaric  ended  the  scoring, 
although  the  Bears  passed  and  powered 
to  the  30. 

Our  notes  on  the  game  were  cluttered 
with  "ifs,"  for  there  were  several  plays 
that  nearly  clicked  for  Brown,  particu- 
larly on  passes.  But  Harvard  was  up 
for  a  great  game  that  had  the  crowd,  solid 
from  goal-line  to  goal-line,  roaring  through 
out.  -Art  \'alpey:  "Brown  has  a  good 
football  team."  Rip  Engle:  "Harvard 
was  the  best  team  Brown  faced  all  year." 
Brown's  total  offense  was  284  yards,  10 
first  downs;  Harvard's  272,  16  first  downs. 

Brown  35,  Colgate  7 

►  Ed  Finn  bowed  out  of  Brown  football 
on  Thanksgiving  Day  by  firing  three 
beautiful  touchdown  passes  and  chipping 
other  forwards  at  critical  moments.  But 
it  was  a  great  team  performance  which  set 
Colgate  back  by  a  record  score  and  ended 
the  Raiders'  domination  over  the  Bear 
that  dated  to  1944.  Despite  the  score, 
it  was  far  from  a  rout,  and  Colgate  actual- 
ly outrushed  Brown  243  to  220,  with  con- 
stant threats  by  two  good  Sophomore 
backs.  Attempting  a  surprise,  the  Red 
Raiders  persisted  with  passes,  though  its 
season  record  was  weak  in  this  respect, 
but  completed  only  five  of  20  for  47  yards. 
The  very  first  one  backfired  when  Kozak 
intercepted  in  Brown  territory  and  ran 
back  32  yards  to  the  enemy  31.  Nelson 
nearly  went  the  distance  on  the  first  play 
with  a  Finn  forward,  but  it  required 
another  to  George  Paterno  from  the  eight. 
The  score  came  in  three  minutes,  and 
Brown  was  back  again  soon,  only  to  fail 
with  a  field  goal  from  the  24. 

Colgate  had  its  score  soon  after  on  a 
sortie  from  midfield,  but  Young  tore  back 
76  yards  on  the  next  kickoff,  grabbed 
only  on  the  eight.  Kozak,  having  his 
best  day  of  the  year,  went  through  center 
to  give  a  14-7  lead,  bolstered  in  the  second 
period  by  two  Finn  to  Mahoney  passes, 
one  spectacular,  the  other  casual  but 
scoring.  In  the  last  period  Finn  threw 
his  13th  touchdown  pass  of  the  year  and 
his  seventh  to  Nelson,  and  Rodewig 
wrapped  the  package  up  after  Scott  had 
intercepted  a  rushed  forward  by  the  Raid- 
ers. Just  about  ever>'  Brunonian  played, 
and  even  the  injured  Captain  Norm 
lacuele  went  out  on  the  field  to  hold  the 
ball  for  a  fourth  period  kickoff.  The 
bear  cub  mascot  was  honored  between 
the  halves  as  he  made  his  departure  in 
the  helicopter  of  Lee  Plymfrton  '44. 

A  Good  Freshman  Season 

►  Whkn  the  Varsity  is  ha\ing  a  trouble- 
ous  season,  football  fans  pay  more  atten- 
tion to  the  Freshman  record  than  was  the 
case  this  fall.  But  the  yearlings  served 
notice  that  they'll  be  coming  along  use- 
fully when  the  call  goes  out  for  the  1949 
team.  The  Cubs'  most  spectacular  feat 
was  in  knocking  off  a  previously  unde- 
feated Holy  Cross  eleven  on  Nov.  20,  but 
Yale  had  also  been  beaten  19-6  and  Boston 
College  12-0.  At  Cambridge  the  Cubs 
led  12-6  going  into  the  last  quarter  only 
to  drop  the  muddy  decision  20-12. 

The  Freshmen  had  to  come  from  behind 
at  New  Haven  but  did  so  impressively. 
The  backs  pounded  the  Eli  line  for  250 
yards,  but  passes  accounted  for  the  win- 
ning touchdowns.  Yale  was  limited  to 
24  yarcls  rushing.  Against  Boston  Col- 
lege Brown  appeared  to  have  the  advan- 
tage but  could  not  score  until  the  third 


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BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


BEST  OF  BANDS:  A  new  standard  for  Brunonians  was  set  this  fall  by  the  undergraduate  musicians  under 
Martin  Fischer.  They  are  shown  here  against  the  backdrop  of  Brown  partisans  at  Brown  Field.  (Photo  Lab 
photo) 


quarter  when  two  fumbles  were  reco\"ered, 
one  on  the  B.  C.  13,  the  other  on  the  six. 
A  55-yard  punt  by  MacConnell,  end  from 
Newton,  was  the  prelude  to  the  first  nuitT. 
Holy  Cross  had  taken  all  comers  before 
visiting  Brown  Field,  shutting  out  Boston 
College  13-0,  Harvard  19-0,  Vale  20-0, 
and  Boston  University  26-0.  But  Charlie 
Scott  ran  back  the  opening  kickoff  80 
yards  to  score,  and  the  Freshman  Cru- 
saders never  recovered,  although  it  was 
held  once  on  the  Brown  eight-yard  line 
and  fumbled  on  the  Brown  32.  Sheehan's 
passing  had  more  than  a  little  to  do  with 
the  victory,  19-7.  Holy  Cross  didn't 
break  the  ice  until  the  last  few  minutes, 
and  the  statistics  were  all  in  Brown's 
favor,  although  the  going  was  ruggedly 
contested- 
Earlier  in  the  season  Brown  beat  R.  I. 
State  Freshmen  14-0  and  lost  by  a  safety 
to  New  Hampshire  8-6.  ■"< 

The  Soccer  Season 

►  Winning  four  of  nine  contests,  the 
Brown  soccer  Varsity  had  a  spotty  fall 
despite  the  pre-season  feeling  of  confidence. 
All  four  victories  were  shutouts,  including 
1-0  games  against  Vale  and  Princeton. 
The  former  was  Brown's  first  defeat  of 
Vale  in  soccer  since  1941  and  enabled  the 
Bear  to  finish  sixth  in  the  League  standing 
(above  Vale,  Princeton,  and  .Army). 


The  season  bore  out  the  old  soccer 
axiom — the  team  that  scores  first  wins  the 
game.  Certainly,  it  w'as  true  of  each 
Brown  contest.  .At  Hanover,  the  Indians 
won  a  close  one  2-1,  and  Wesleyan  handed 
the  Brunonians  their  only  defeat  on  Al- 
ilrich  Field,  3-1.  Navy,  UConn,  and  Har- 
vard all  won  by  3-0  shutouts.  Coach 
Kennaway's  charges  trounced  Fort  Dev- 
ens  5-0  and  M.  I.  T.  4-0. 

The  standout  performer  for  Brown  was 
liod  Schefifer,  goal-tender,  a  candidate  for 
.AII-.American  honors.  The  co-captains 
were  Phil  Massare,  who  provided  the  win- 
ning kick  against  Vale,  and  A\  Bellows, 
both  playing  as  Seniors.  Whitey  Groth 
and  Jim  Leach  were  the  defensive  leaders. 

Scores  for  the  Fall 
►  JAYVEE    FOOTBALL:        Army    21, 
Brown  0.   Tufts  25,  Brown  14.    Brown  32, 
Boston  U.  0.     R.  I.  State  13,  Brown  12. 
Harvard  18,  Brown  14.    Won  7,  Lost  4. 

FRESHMAN  FOOTBALL:  Brown  14, 
R.  I.  State  0.  New  Hampshire  8,  Brown  6. 
Brown  12,  Boston  College  0.  Brown  19, 
^■ale  6.  Harvard  20,  Brown  12.  Brown  19, 
Holv  Cross  7.    Won  4,  Lost  2. 

VARSITV  SOCCER:  Brown  1,  Prince- 
ton 0.  Brown  5,  LI.  of  Mass.  0.  Dartmouth 
2,  Brown  1.  Navy  3,  Brown  0.  Connec- 
ticut 3,  Brown  0.  Wesleyan  3,  Brown  1. 
Brown  1,  Vale  0.  Brown  4,  M.  I.  T.  0. 
Harvard  3,  Brown  G.    Won  4,  Lost  5. 

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FRESHMAN  SOCCER:  Brown  2, 
New  Bedford  0.  Brown  2,  Worcester 
Academy  1.  Brown  2,  Bradford  Durfee  1. 
Brown  3,  Tufts  0.  Brown  1,  Nichols  Jr. 
College  1.  Brown  4,  M.  1.  T.  0.  Harvard  5, 
Brown  1.     Won  5,  Lost  1,  Tied  1. 

VARSITV  CROSS  COUNTRV:  Brown 
21,  Connecticut  36.  R.  L  State  23,  Brown 
46.  Brown  25,  Holy  Cross  32.  Brown  17 
Providence  College  43.  Brown  27,  Boston 
U.  29.    Won  4,  Lost  1. 

FRESH1\LAN  CRO.SS  COUNTRV: 
Brown  25,  Connecticut  30.  Brown  26, 
R.  I.  State  31.  LaSalle  .Academv  21, 
Brown  38.  Brown  27,  Boston  U.  28. 
Brown  15,  Providence  College  45.  Mt. 
Pleasant  High  23,  Brown  34.  Won  4, 
Lost  2.  -4 

Marshall  IVoods  Lectures 

►  The  ever-popul.\r  fall  series  of  Mar- 
shall Woods  Lectures  at  Brown  had 
"Great  .Artists"  for  its  1948  theme.  Speak- 
ers during  October  were:  Prof.  Charles  H. 
Morgan  II  of  .Amherst,  "Pheidias  and  the 
Parthenon."  Prof.  Wilhelm  Koehler  of 
Harvard,  "A  German  Gothic  Sculptor: 
the  Naumburg  Master."  Prof.  Wolfgang 
Stechow  of  Oberlin,  "Rubens,  the  Ren- 
aissance, and  the  Baroque."  Prof.  Walter 
.Abell  of  Michigan  .State,  "Picasso  in  the 
Light  of  History."  ^ 


BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Sports  Indoors    ^ 

►  ►  All  indoor  sports  teams  at  Brown 
will  be  seen  in  intercollegiate  action  during 
the  first  week  of  December,  almost  before 
the  cheering  of  the  Thanksgiving  football 
has  died  away.  But  coaches  and  players 
of  the  winter  teams  have  been  busy  long 
since  with  drills  for  what  should  be  a 
reputable  season  for  the  Bear. 

Bob  Morris  has  had  his  basketball 
squad  out  on  the  floor  since  Oct.  18,  work- 
ing for  its  first  engagement,  against  Har- 
vard in  Marvel  Gym  Dec.  4.  Last  year 
the  Bruin  courtmen  experienced  a  rather 
poor  year,  winning  only  six  games  in  20, 
but  the  70-60  upset  victory  over  Frank 
Keaney's  Swish  Kids  from  Rhode  Island 
State  gave  some  local  satisfaction. 

This  season  Morris  will  come  back  with 
practically  the  same  squad,  for  only  Cap- 
tain Ernie  Corner  and  Bob  Smith  were 
graduated.  A  stronger  team  is  expected, 
partly  because  of  the  fact  that  Frank 
(Moe)  Mahoney,  a  star  two  years  ago, 
will  be  eligible  for  the  quintet  after  a  year 
with  the  books.  He  comes  fresh  from  a 
good  year  as  an  end  and  pass  snatcher  on 
the  football  team,  with  plenty  of  work 
ahead  of  him  on  the  court  to  match  the 
rest  of  the  squad,  but  he  is  a  great  man  to 
build  a  team  around.  Morns  also  has 
several  members  of  last  winter's  Freshman 
squad  that  rolled  up  an  impressive  record 
of  16  wins,  3  defeats.  (The  defeats,  m- 
cidentally,  were  all  avenged  m  second 
meetings  with  the  same  clubs.) 

Heading  the  list  of  returning  lettermen 
will  be  Captain  Al  Kovachik  of  Stratford, 
Conn.  Playing  his  first  season  of  regular 
Varsity  ball  under  Coach  Morris,  he 
showed  great  improvement  as  the  cam- 
paign progressed  a  year  ago.  Also  back 
will  be  Jim  Cooney,  nephew  of  Coach 
Johnny  Cooney  of  the  Boston  Braves, 
George  Jones,  Harvey  Lapides,  John 
Lynch,  Ned  Corcoran,  Ben  Patrick,  Ken 
Provost,  George  Sotiropoulos,  and  Pete 
Tyrrell.  Harry  Lane,  tall  center  from 
Highland  Park',  111.,  who  was  out  most  of 
last  season  with  injuries,  is  recovered,  and 
Joe  Paterno,  fresh  from.jquarterbackmg, 
expects  to  try  his  luck  under  the  hoops 
again. 

Mahoney's  first  basketball  at  Brown 
was  in  the  latter  part  of  the  1946-47  sea- 
son under  Coach  Weeb  Ewbank.  Few  of 
the  fans  will  forget  his  scoring  sprees 
against  R.  I.  State  and  Providence  College 
that  year  when  he  racked  up  66J;points 
against  these  two  strong  aggregations. 

The  Sophomores  rated  highly  by  Morris 
include  Chuck  Whalen,  a  great  play- 
maker,  high-scoring  Dave  Thurrott,  lanky 
Zeke  Creswell,  Bill  Hayes,  and  Dave^Till- 
inghast.  Dave  Holmgren  and  George 
Weitzman  are  also  promising  Sophs, 
while  upperclassmen  who  have  showed 
well  in  fall  practice  are  Emile  Jahn  and 
Guy  Falk.  Freddie  Kozak,  his  football 
duties  over,  is  also  contemplating  a  go 
at  basketball. 

Morris  figures  his  team  to  be  about 
40%  stronger  than  a  year  ago  and  even 
ventures  to  predict  the  Bruins  will  win 
at  least  12  games  out  of  the  following 
schedule:  Dec.  4 — Harvard.  Dec.  8 — 
Arnold.  Dec.  11 — -at  Connecticut.  Dec. 
15— M.  I.  T.  Dec.  17— at  Fort  Devens. 
Jan.  8 — at  Army.  Jan.  15 — at  Amherst. 
Jan.  19— at  R.  I.  State.  Jan.  22— Holy 
Cross.    Jan.  28— at  N.  Y.  Athletic    Club 


BASKETBALL:  The  picture  is  brighter. 


Feb.  9 — Yale.  Feb.  12 — Providence  Col- 
lege. Feb.  16— at  M.  I.  T.  Feb.  19— 
Connecticut.  Feb.  23 — at  Columbia. 
Feb.  26— at  W.  P.  I.  Mar.  1— Holy  Cross 
in  Boston  Garden.  Mar.  5 — Dartmouth. 
Mar.  9— R.  I.  State.  Mar.  12— Providence 
College. 

Seventeen  games  are  carded  for  the 
Freshmen:  Dec.  4 — Harvard.  Dec.  8 — 
Arnold.  Dec.  11 — at  Connecticut.  Jan.  8 
—at  Nichols  Jr.  College.  Jan.  11— R.  I. 
State  College  Extension.  Jan.  19 — at  R.  I. 
State.  Jan.  25 — at  R.  I.  S.  C.  Extension. 
Jan.  26— Boston  U.  Feb.  12— Providence 
College.  Feb.  19 — Connecticut.  Feb.  23 — 
at  R.  I.  C.  E.  Feb.  26— at  W.  P.  I.  Mar.  2 
—at  Sufifield  Academy.  Mar.  5— R.  I.  C. 
E.  Mar.  9— R.  I.  State.  Mar.  12— Provi- 
dence College.  ■^ 


Hockey  Alumni  lo  Meet 
►  ►Former  Brown  hockey  players 
plan  their  second  annual  reunion 
this  year  on  the  night  of  the  Har- 
vard games  in  Providence.  The 
hockey  alumni  plan  to  meet  at  the 
University  Club  at  5:30  on  Dec.  14 
for  an  early  dinner  before  going  to 
the  Auditorium.  Coach  Moulton 
is  making  arrangements.  The  price 
for  supper  and  both  Freshman  and 
Varsity  games  is  $3.  ■^ 


The  Hockey  Warmups 

•4  Having  won  nine  of  11  exhibition 
games  in  pre-season  practice,  the  Brown 
Hockey  team  appeared  in  fine  shape  for 
its  regular  schedule,  due  to  open  Dec.  6 
in  Boston.  Some  able  performers  came 
up  from  last  year's  Freshman  squad  to 
bolster  the  Varsity  for  its  first  year  in  the 
Pentagonal  Hockey  League  with  Harvard, 
Princeton,    Dartmouth,    and    Yale. 

The  schedule:  Dec.  6 — at  Boston  Col- 
lege. Dec.  8 — at  Harvard.  Dec.  14 — Har- 
vard. Dec.  17 — Princeton.  Jan.  7 — at 
Princeton.  Jan.  8 — at  .'Krmy.  Jan.  14 — 
at  American  International  (Springfield). 
Jan.  18— at  Dartmouth.  Feb.  12— at  New 
Haven.  Feb.  18— Dartmouth.  Feb.  21— 
at  M.  I.  T.  Feb.  22— Boston  University. 
Mar.  8— Yale. 

In  the  practice  games  most  of  the  oppo- 
sition came  from  Massachusetts  amateur 
teams  in  the  Rhode  Island  Auditorium, 
home  ice  for  the  Brunonians.  The  North 
Cambridge  Hartnetts,  with  two  members 
of  the  American  Olympic  hockey  squad 
aboard,  handed  the  Bear  its  only  defeat, 
9-5.  The  Arlington  Arcadians  played 
through  one  overtime  period  to  a  4-4  tie, 
while  the  best  game  was  probably  that 
against  the  Needham  Rockets  of  the  At- 
lantic Hockey  League,  Brown  winning  5-4. 
M.  I.  T.  was  defeated  6-1.  The  other 
scores:  Brown  11,  Walpole  Hockey  Club  9. 


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BROWN    ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Brown  5,  the  Melrose  Reds  4.  Brown  9, 
Franiingham  Bears  6.  Brown  13,  Provi- 
dence USNR  Whitecaps  5.  Brown  3, 
Stoenham  Hockey  Club  1.  Brown  11, 
Windsor  Hockey  Club  2.  Brown  10,  Hud- 
son Hockey  Club  1.  ■^ 

Other  Winter  Schedules 

►  VARSITY  WRESTLING;  Dec.  11— 
at  Dartmouth.  Dec.  15 — Tufts.  Jan.  8 — 
at  West  Point.  Jan.  15 — ^at  VVilliams. 
Jan.  22^Amherst.  Jan.  29 — Springfield. 
Feb.  12— at  Wesleyan.  Feb.  19— M.  I.  T. 
Feb.  23— Harvard.  Feb.  26— Coast  Guard 
Mar.  12 — Eastern  Intercollegiate  Wrest- 
ling Assn.  at  Cornell.  FRESHMEN: 
Dec.  15— Tufts.  Jan.  22— St.  George's. 
Jan.  26 — Edgewood  Jr.  College.  Jan.  29 — • 
Springfield.  F'eb.  12 — ^at  Wesleyan.  Feb. 
19— M,  I.  T.    Feb.  23— Harvard. 

VARSITY  SWIMMING:  Dec.  3— M. 
I.  T.  Dec.  11— Tufts.  Jan.  8— at  West 
Point.  Jan.  12 — Harvard.  Jan.  15 — at 
Williams.    Jan.  22 — at  Boston  University. 


Feb.  9— at  Yale.  Feb.  21— Dartmouth. 
Feb.  23 — -at  University  of  Connecticut. 
Feb.  26— Columbia.  Mar.  11-12— NEISA 
at  Amherst.  Mar.  18-19— EISA  at  Prince- 
ton. Mar.  25-26 — Nationals  at  North 
Carolina.  FRESHMEN:  Dec.  3— M.I. T 
Jan.  22— at  Boston  U.  Jan.  26— at  Brook- 
line  High.  Feb.  9— at  Vale.  Feb.  18— 
Moses  Brown.  Feb.  23 — at  U.  of  Conn. 
Feb.  26 — -St.  George's. 

VARSITY  TRACK:  Dec.  11— Har- 
vard- R.  I.  State,  Brown  at  Harvard. 
Jan.  15 — Washington  Evening  Star  Meet. 
Jan.  21 — Philadelphia  Inquirer  Meet. 
Jan.  22— Boston  K.  of  C.  Meet.  Jan.  29— 
Milrose  Meet,  N.  Y.  Feb.  5— BAA  Meet, 
Boston.  Feb.  12— NYAC  Meet,  N.  Y. 
Feb.  18— at  Tufts.  Feb.  19— NAAU  Meet, 
N.  Y.  Feb.  26— IC4A  Meet,  N.  Y.  Mar. 
5— New  York  K.  of  C.  Meet.  Mar.  12— 
at  M.  I.  T.  Mar.  18— Cleveland  K.  of  C. 
Meet.  Mar.  19— Boston  U.  FRESHMEN 
Mar.  5 — Tabor  Academy.  Mar.  12 — at 
M.  I.  T.    Mar.  19— Boston  U.  < 


Dear  Reader 


Is  An  Ivy  League  Wanted? 


<  < 


The  leading  editorial  in  the  Dartmouth 
.Alumni  .Magazine /or   November,  1948: 

►  ►  These  bracing  fall  afternoons,  dis- 
ciplined bands  of  well-muscled  young  men 
are  engaged  in  various  forms  of  derring-do 
on  the  gridirons  of  a  certain  eight  or  ten 
institutions  of  higher  learning  in  the  east- 
ern United  States  These  spirited  young 
men  perform  their  weekly  heroics  before 
crowds  composed  partially  of  street-level 
or  air-breathing  alumni  and  partially  of 
the  alumni  of  the  subway  variety  who 
periodically  appear  at  all  athletic  con- 
tests in  the  metropolitan  areas.  The 
clients  at  the  above  contests  are  predom- 
inantly of  the  former  category — that  is, 
old  Dartmouths,  Yales,  Harvards,  or 
Cornells,  who  emerge  into  the  winy  sun- 
shine once  or  twice  a  year  to  see  Alma 
Mater  engage  in  skilled  and  exciting  com- 
bat with  representatives  of  sister  institu- 
tions with  similar  traditions,  standards, 
and   (usually)   football   material. 

This  group  of  educational  establish- 
ments is  known  to  the  devoted  readers  of 
the  metropolitan  press  as  the  Ivy  League 
Weekly  standings  of  the  respective  foot- 
ball teams  are  carefully  tabulated  and 
champions  are  unofficially  crowned  fol- 
lowing the  end  of  the  season.  Formal 
organizations  among  these  institutions 
have  long  existed  in  basketball,  baseball, 
track,  swimming,  tennis  and  (in  a  some- 
what more  restricted  sense)  hockey.  Soc- 
cer joined  the  parade  this  fall,  with  the 
formation  of  its  own  Ivy  League.  The 
establishment  of  these  organizations  has 
enhanced  the  prestige  of  the  sports,  the 
edification  of  the  spectators,  and  the 
incentive   of    the    performers 

But  the  Ivy  League  in  football  is  tech- 
nically still  only  a  beautiful  dream,  exist- 
ing in  the  fertile  imaginations  of  the  gentle- 
men of  the  press.  It  also  exists  in  even 
more  informal  fashion  in  the  minds  of  the 
various  alumni,  who  would  rather  see 
their  football  teams  play  (and  defeat) 
the  teams  of  some  institutions  than  others, 
with  no  invidious  implications.  \  large 
number  of  interested  persons  would  thus 
presumably  like  to  see  this  fond  dream 
of  an  Ivy  League  become  a  reality,  a  de 
jure  as  well  as  a  de  facto  organization. 

We  are  among  those  who  would   wel- 


come such  a  step.  Certain  tangible  and 
intangible  benefits  might  accrue  there- 
from. One  such  benefit  might  involve 
the  increased  regularization  of  scholastic 
entrance  requirements  and  elibigility 
rules  for  young  men  of  sterling  moral 
character  who,  fortuitiously,  can  also  do 
things  to  or  with  a  football.  The  related 
problem  of  scholarship  aid  for  deserving 
halfbacks  and  tackles  could  also  stand 
some  more  serious  thought.  The  sched- 
ules of  the  constituent  institutions  (most 
of  whom  currently  play  mostly  Ivy  League 
opponents)  might  be  arranged  in  some- 
what more  orderly  fashion  than  hereto- 
fore. Such  an  arrangement,  incidentally, 
need  not  preclude  the  continuance  of  tra- 
ditional rivalries.  The  formation  of  an 
Ivy  League  might  also  provide  an  incent- 
ive at  a  vital  spot  in  the  inevitable  struggle 
with  professional  football  for  paying  cus- 
tomers. We  hesitate  to  introduce  the 
practical  note  of  gate  receipts  into  this 
idyllic  picture  but,  so  long  as  football  pays 
the  way  for  other  athletic  activities  con- 
sidered equally  character-building  if  some- 
what less  lucrative,  the  pecuniary  question 
must  be  faced. 

These  are  some  of  the  pertinent  con- 
siderations that  come  readily  to  mind  in 
this  temperate  effort  to  crystallize  one 
segment  of  public  opinion  about  an  Ivy 
League.  Beginning  with  the  current  is- 
sue of  this  magazine,  we  shall  carry  the 
unofficial  standings  of  this  nonexistent 
body,  thereby  emulating  our  colleagues 
of  the  metropolitan  press.  In  the  peren- 
nial question  of  overemphasis  or  de- 
emphasis  of  college  football,  this  journal- 
istic effort,  we  suppose,  falls  on  the  former 
side  of  the  ledger.  If  so,  we  happily  plead 
guilty.  We  enjoy  college  football.  It's 
fun.  -And,  in  the  days  of  mounting  in- 
ternational tensions,  atomic  weapons  and 
fears  of  another  war,  it  is  comparatively 
mild  and  harmless  fun.  If  this  is  em- 
phasis, let  us  make  the  most  of  it.  A 

At  Boston  Conference 

►  .About  35  students  from  Brown  and 
Pembroke  planned  to  attend  the  Confer- 
ence on  Churchmanship  in  Boston  ar- 
ranged by  the  New  England  Student 
Christian  Movement  for  Dec.  3-5.  A 
thousand    delegates   were   expected.        •< 

17 


Books  for  Brunonians 

►  ►  With  an  eve  to  the  season  and  the 
firm  hope  that  future  issues  will  allow 
space  for  more  adequate  notice,  let  us 
list  some  recent  books  by  or  about  Brun- 
onians: 

WESTWARD  HA,  Around  the  world 
in  80  cliches,  by  S.  J.  Perelman  '25.  Simon 
and  Schuster.     $2.95. 

HKiHROADS  AND  BYROADS  OF 
PROVIDENCE,  by  John  Hutchins  Cady 
'03.     Akerman-Standard.     $1.00. 

MR.  WHITTIER  AND  OTHER 
POEMS,  by  Winfield  Townley  Scott  '31. 
Macmillan.     $1.75. 

THE  STORY  OF  JOHN  HOPE 
(Brown  1894),  by  Ridgely  Torrence. 
Macmillan.     $5.00. 

EDMUND  SPENSER  AND  THE 
FAERIE  QUEENE,  by  Prof.  Leicester 
Bradner.  Universitv  of  Chicago  Press. 
$2.74. 

EARLY  REHOBOTH,  Vol.  Ill,  by 
Richard  LeBaron  Bowen  '01.     $5.00. 

THE  DEER  CRY,  by  William  G. 
Schofield    '31.     Longmans.     $3.50. 

MAELSTROM,  by  Howard  Hunt  '40. 
Farrar,  Straus.     $2.75. 

NATHANIEL  HAWTHORNE,  a  bio- 
graphy, by  ProL  Randall  Stewart.  Yale 
University  Press.     $4.00 

A  BRIDGE  AT  BRANFIELD,  by 
Josiah  E.  Greene  '33.     Macmillan.   $3.50. 

FREE  SPEECH  AND  ITS  RELA- 
TION TO  SELF-GOVERNMENT,  by 
Alexander  Meiklejohn  '93.  Harper  & 
Bros.     $2.00. 

HELLENIC  HISTORY,  Third  Edition, 
by  Botsford  and  Prof.  C.  A.  Robinson, 
Macmillan. 

DIVIDED,  by  Ralph  Freedman.  Dut- 
ton.     $3.50. 

ANGELL'S  LANE,  by  George  Le 
Miner    '97.       Akerman-Standard.     $5.00. 

MURDER  ON  HIS  .MIND,  by  Gene 
Goldsmith  '34 

First  Baptist  in  Philadelphia 

►  During  the  250th  anniversary  program 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Philadel- 
phia, the  service  on  the  morning  of  Nov.  14 
commemorated  the  historic  connection 
between  the  Church  and  Brown  and  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  President 
Wriston  gave  the  address,  after  being 
presented  by  Dr.  George  W.  McClelland, 
Chairman  of  Penn.  The  Church  leaflet 
for  "Education  Day"  recorded  a  "pro- 
found gratitude  for  the  gracious  aid  and 
understanding  of  these  gentlemen  and 
the  continuing  good-will  of  the  institu- 
tions   which    they    represent. 

Announcements  to  the  Brown  alumni 
in  the  Philadelphia  area  brought  many 
of  them  to  the  service.  They  greeted  the 
President  afterwards.  Writing  of  the 
event,  Horace  Paul  Dormon  '96  points 
out  that  among  the  ministers  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  have  been  two  outstand- 
ing Brown  men:  George  Dana  Boardman, 
1852,  and  George  Hooper  Ferris,  1891. 
Dr.  Boardman's  "Outlook  for  the  20th 
Century,"  written  in  1898,  was  quoted 
for  its  prophetic  insight. 

For  many  years  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Church  in  Philadelphia  was  Dr. 
William  W.  Keen  '59.  Flowers  on  the 
pulpit  Nov.  14  were  in  memory  of  Mrs. 
Keen,  presented  by  her  daughters.         -^ 


BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


The  Associated  Alumni  <  < 


►  ►Squaring  away  for  the  alumni  year, 
the  new  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Asso- 
ciated Alumni  was  constituted  at  its 
initial  meeting  Oct.  14  in  Alumni  House, 
Providence.  The  major  committees  were 
set  up  at  the  same  time  on  recommenda- 
tion from  President  H.  Stanton  Smith  '21. 
Dinner  at  the  Faculty  Club  preceded  the 
meeting.  Earlier  in  the  afternoon  the 
Board  of  Editors  of  the  BROWN  ALUM- 
NI MONTHLY  held  its  first  meeting. 

The  following  are  members  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  for  1948-1949:  Presi- 
dent Smith  of  Providence;  President- 
Elect  William  W.  Browne  '08  of  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.;  Treasurer  Fred  E.  Schoeneweiss  '20 
of  Providence.  Rhode  Island  Region  — 
Vice-President  J.  Cunliffe  Bullock  '02, 
Directors  Howard  F.  Eastwood  '29  and 
Robert  H.  Gofif  '24,  all  of  Providence. 
A  ew  England  Region — Vice-President  Ed- 
ward T.  Brackett  '14,  Directors  John  M. 
Curtis  '30  and  Donald  C.  Bowersock  '20, 
all  of  Boston.  North  Atlantic  Midland 
Region  —  Vice-President  William  W. 
Browne  '08  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  Directors 
Robert  B.  Perkins  '29,  Ramsay,  N.  J., 
and  Fred  H.  Rohlfs  '26  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
South  Atlantic  Midland  Region  — ■  Vice- 
President  Sidney  S.  Paine  '08  of  Greens- 
boro, N.  C,  Directors  Ernest  S.  Fitz  '11 
of  Richmond,  Va.,  and  GeorgeW.  Schwenck 
'32  of  Fort  Lauderdale,  Fla.  North   Cen- 


tral Region  —  Vice-President  F.  Donald 
Bateman  '25  of  Barrington,  111.,  Directors 
James  R.  Bremner  '34  and  John  J.  Monk 
'24,  both  of  Chicago.  Sonlh  Central  Region 
— Vice-President  Leon  M.  Payne  '36  of 
Houston,  Texas,  Directors  John  Mosby 
'30  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Parkman  Say- 
ward  '25  of  San  Antonio,  Texas.  Western 
Region  —  Vice-President  Nathaniel 
Blaisdell  '83  of  San  Francisco,  Directors 
Lawrence  L.  Larrabee  '09  of  Los  Angeles 
and  George  Giraud  '42  of  Santa  Monica, 
Calif.  Foreign  Region  —  Vice-President 
Ralph  D.  Standish  '21  in  China,  Directors 
John  J.  Muccio  '21  in  Korea  and  Milton 
M.  Bates  '22  in  Manila,  P.  I. 

Alumni  Trustees  —  James  S.  Eastham 
'19  of  Boston,  Roger  T.  Clapp  '19  and  W. 
Easton  Louttit  '25,  both  of  Providence. 
Association  of  Class  Secretaries  —  Sidney 
ClifTord  '15  and  John  W.  Moore  '16,  both 
of  Providence.  Alumni  Monthly  — ^George 
W.  Potter  '21  of  Providence.  Faculty 
Representative  —  Prof.  I.  J.  Kapstein  '26 
of  Providence.  Members  at  Large  —  H. 
Linus  Travers  '27  of  Boston,  Wallace  Hen- 
shaw  '23  of  Hartford,  Robert  C.  Litchfield 
'23  of  New  York  City,  and  William  H. 
Edwards  '19,  Lewis  S.  Milner  '02,  Robert 
E.  Quinn  '15,  Harry  H.  Burton  '16,  Thom- 
as F.  Black,  Jr.,  '19,  W.  Stanley  Barrett 
'21,  Matthew  W.  Goring  '26,  J.  Richmond 
Fales  '10,  Thomas  F.  Gilbane  '33,  all  of 
Providence. 


►  Principal    alumni    committees    were 

constituted  for  the  year  as  follows: 

Executive  Com mittee  —  H .  Stanton  Smit h 
'21,  Fred  E.  Schoeneweiss  '20,  W.  Stanley 
Barrett  '21,  Edward  T.  Brackett  '14, 
James  S.  Eastham  '19,  Wallace  H.  Hen- 
shaw  '23,  Lewis  S.  Milner  '02,  Thomas  F. 
Black,  Jr.,  '19,  Robert  H.  Gofif  '24. 

Program  Committee — Sidney  Clififord  '15, 
Chairman,  Robert  H.  Goff  '24,  I.  J.  Kap- 
stein '26,  Matthew  W.  Goring  '26. 

Alumni  Nominations  —  J.  Cunliffe  Bul- 
lock '02,  Chairman,  Thomas  F.  Black,  Jr., 
'19,  Dr.  W'illiam  W.  Browne  '08,  J.  Rich- 
mond Fales  '10.  Alumni  Elections  — • 
George  T.  Metcalf  '13,  Chairman,  Howard 
F.  Eastwood  '29,  Robert  H.  Gofif  '24. 

Indoctrinating  Committee  —  Thomas  F. 
Gilbane  '33,  Chairman,  H.  Linus  Travers 
'27,  Emery  R.  Walker  '39,  Bruce  M.  Bige- 
low  '24,  Wallace  H.  Henshaw  '23.  Con- 
sultation Committee  —  H.  Stanton  Smith 
'21,  J.  Cunliffe  Bullock  '02. 

Memento  Committee  —  Howard  F.  East- 
wood '29,  Chairman,  Fred  E.  Schoeneweiss 
'20,  John  W.  Moore  '16.  Finance  Com- 
mittee—  W.  Stanley  Barrett  '21,  Chairman 
J.  Richmond  Fales  '10,  Thomas  F.  Gil- 
bane '33. 

By-Laws  Committee  —  William  H.  Ed- 
wards '19,  Chairman,  Thomas  F.  Black, 
Jr.,  '19,  Roger  T.  Clapp  '19,  Harry  H. 
Burton  '16. 

Alumni  Dinner  Committee — Harry  H. 
Burton  '16,  Chairman,  Roger  T.  Clapp '19, 
Howard  F.  Eastwood  '29,  J.  Wilbur  Riker 
'22,  Lewis  S.  Milner  '02,  William  R.  Potter 
'42.  •< 


AND  THEN  TO  WORK:  The  Board  of  the  Directors  of  the  Associated  Alumni  paused  for  the  Photo  Lab  camera, 
then  turned  to  tackle  the  year's  agenda.  Shown  before  the  first  meeting  in  Alumni  House  are,  sitting  left  to 
right:  John  W.  Moore  '16,  Robert  H.  Goff  '24,  George  W.  Potter  '21,  Roger  T.  (  lapp  '19,  F.  E.  Schoeneweiss  '20, 
President  H.  Stanton  Smith  '21,  Arthur  Braitsch  '23,  James  S.  Eastham  '19,  Lewis  S.  Milner  '02,  Wallace  H. 
Henshaw  '23,  and  W.  Stanley  Barrett  '21.  Standing:  H.  H.  Burton  '16,  J.  Richmond  Fales  '10,  Thomas  F.  Gil- 
bane '33,  Dr.  Bruce  M.  Bigelow  '24,  and  Alumni  Executive  Officer  William  B.  McCormick  '23. 


18 


BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Brown  Clubs 


The  Time  Is  Ripe 

►  ►  Two  NEW  Brown  Clubs  joined  the 
circle  of  the  Associated  Alumni  last  month 
with  gatherings  in  New  London  and  Man- 
hasset,  Long  Island.  The  former  will  in- 
clude Norwich  and  other  centers  in  Eastern 
Connecticut.  The  latter  was  the  Man- 
hasset  Bay  Brown  Club,  whose  organiza- 
tion Frederick  H.  Rohlfs  '26  assisted  under 
the  "Crossley  Plan"  of  extending  alumni 
activity. 

From  other  areas  came  word  of  hopes 
that  similar  groups  might  be  formed.  Mr. 
Rohlfs  next  intends  to  assist  alumni  in  the 
Garden  City  area  of  Long  Island  to  meet, 
while  on  the  Island's  South  Shore  another 
group  is  seeking  an  informal  organization. 
Up  in  Westchester  Allen  Sikes  '23  is  taking 
the  lead  toward  a  revival  of  activity  there, 
Mr.  Rohlfs  reports. 

In  New  Jersey,  Byron  West  anticipates 
a  resumption  by  the  Northern  New  Jersey 
Club  centered  in  Newark.  The  Alumni 
Office  is  also  encouraging  a  group  in  Pitts- 
field,  Mass.,  interested  in  creating  a  Berk- 
shire Brown  Club.  ■< 
Westchester  Overture 

►  When  the  Associated  Alumni  was  a 
young  organization,  one  of  its  most  active 
and  influential  Brown  Clubs  was  that  of 
W'estchester  County,  N.  Y.  Without  Club 
activity  for  years,  the  area  will  see  a  re- 
vival this  winter  under  the  stimulation  of 
Frederick  H.  Rohlfs  '26,  Chairman  of 
Alunmi  Organization  in  New  York  State 

P'irst  meeting  is  called  for  the  evening 
of  Dec.  8  when  alumni  in  the  area  are  in- 
vited to  the  home  of  Allen  B.  Sikes  '23, 
10  Robin  Hood  Road,  White  Plains,  N.  Y. 
In  Eastern  Connecticut 

►  ►  An  enthusi.\stic  vote  to  organize 
a  Brown  Club  in  Eastern  Connecticut  fol- 
lowed a  meeting  in  the  Mohican  Hotel, 
New  London,  Nov.  23  attended  by  alumni 
from  that  city,  Norwich,  Groton,  Niantic, 
Fishers  Island,  and  Mystic.  Others  in 
Stonington,  Lyme,  and  Saybrook  are 
known  to  be  interested.  The  area  has  a 
Brown  population  of  more  than  150. 

Llovd  E.  Gallup  '23,  A.  A.  Lubchanskv 
'32,  Robert  A.  Doherty  '43,  Jack  D.  Mul- 
cahy  '45,  and  Carl  C.  Cutler  '03  took  the 
initiative  in  making  the  arrangements  as 
the  result  of  an  expressed  interest  on  the 
part  of  many  Brunonians  in  the  Thames 
River  Valley.  Thirty-five  attended  the 
first  meeting  when  the  Secretary'  of  the 
University,  Robert  O.  Loosley,  the  editor 
of  the  Alumni  Monthly,  and  Lewis  Shaw, 
Athletic  Publicity  Director  came  over 
from  Providence  to  speak  to  the  group. 
Movies  of  the  Rutgers  game  provided  a 
feature. 

Along  with  the  decision  to  organize 
permanently  came  an  invitation  from  the 
Norwich  contingent  which  will  sponsor 
the  next  meeting,  in  January.  The  fol- 
lowing committee  will  set  up  the  evening, 
act  as  a  nominating  committee  on  officers, 
and  generally  consider  the  future:  S.  S. 
Armstrong  '36,  John  D.  Wallace  '42, 
Fred  A.  Fox  '33,  Walter  Baker  '39,  Lub- 
chansky,  and  Gallup. 

Others  present:  Ernest  S.  Brown  '27, 
Stanley  L.  Ehrlich  '45,  Willard  Potter  '26, 
Dr.  Anthony  Loiacono  '23,  Sterling  C. 
Denison  '25,  Nathan  Ragin  '35,  Joseph 
C.  Dembo  '37,  H.  D.  Hyland,  Jr.,  '38, 
Wesley  C.  Sholes  '38,  Theodore  S.  Daren 
'35,  Norman  Klibe  '40,  Dr.  Avery  Zucker- 


Standing  Invitation 
►  ►  Nine  Brown  Clubs  have  re- 
ported regular  weekly  or  monthly 
gatherings,  to  which  all  alumni  are 
invited,  whether  they  are  residents 
of  the  area  or  passing  through  town 
as  transients: 

BALTIMORE,  dinner  third 
Thursday  of  the  month,  Northway 
Apartments,  3700  No.  Charles  St. 
6:30.  No  meeting  in  December, 
however. 

BOSTON,  luncheon  second  Tues- 
day of  the  month.  December  lunch- 
eon at  the  University  Club,  with 
Prof.  Marcel  Moraud  speaking. 
January  luncheon  at  Thompson's 
Spa,  239  Washington  St. 

CHICAGO,  luncheon  every  Fri- 
day at  the  Chicago  Real  Estate 
Board,  105  W.  Madison  St.,  noon. 

INDIANAPOLIS,  luncheon  first 
Monday  of  the  month,  Charlie's 
Steak  House,  144  East  Ohio  St. 

LOS  ANGELES,  luncheon  every 
Thursday  at  the  Hotel  Alexandria, 
5th  and  Spring  Sts.,  noon. 

PHILADELPHIA,  luncheon  sec- 
ond Tuesday  of  the  month.  Alpha 
Club,  1911   Chestnut  St.,  12:15. 

PITTSBURGH,  luncheon  fourth 
Friday  of  the  month,  Childs  Res- 
taurant, Smithfield  St. 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C,  luncheon 
every  Wednesday  at  O'Donnell's 
Restaurant. 

HARTFORD,  luncheon  third 
Wednesday  of  the  month,  Heub- 
lein  Hotel,  12:15. 

Any  more?  ^ 


man  '40,  David  E.  Ferguson  '45,  John  V. 
Fratus  '49,  and  H.  E.  Van  Surdam. 

Earlier  meetings  in  the  area  in  support 
of  the  Housing  Campaign  were  credited 
with  uniting  the  group  and  providing 
expression  for  the  desire  to  have  social 
activity  within  the  alumni  organization 
on  a  long-range  basis.  A  meeting  of  some 
of  the  Campaign  workers  followed  the 
Club  meeting.  '^ 

Birth  in  Manhasset 
►  A  M.\nh.\sset  B.w  Brown  Club  was 
organized  at  a  meeting  of  alumni  from 
Long  Island's  north  shore  held  Nov.  4  at 
the  home  of  Gavin  A.  Pitt,  80  Wood  Cut 
Lane,  Strathmore.  Plans  were  made  to 
include  Brown  alumni  from  Great  Neck, 
Manhasset,  Roslyn,  and  Port  Washing- 
ton in  the  Club.  In  addition  to  laying 
the  groundwork  for  the  future,  the  group 
saw  motion  pictures  of  the  Princeton 
game  and  the  1947  Commencement. 

Plans  for  the  development  of  the  Club 
were  left  in  the  hands  of  a  steering  com- 
mittee which  includes  Fred  C.  Bauren- 
feind  '22,  LeRoy  Clayfield  '24,  J.  Herbert 
Pearson  '29,  and  Pitt  '38.  Others  who 
attended  the  meeting  were:  John  H.  Har- 
grove '26,  John  F.  Isaac  '18,  Philip  E. 
Langworthy  '06,  William  H.  Lyon,  Jr., 
'29,  Harold  J.  Morse  '27,  M.  Douglas 
Neier  '26,  Alfred  E.  Toombs  '31,  and 
Frederick  H.  Rohlfs  '26,  Chairman  of 
Alumni  Organization  in  New  York  State. 

Rather  than  cover  too  large  a  territory 
on  the  North  Shore,  the  group  felt  that 
it  would  be  more  effective  to  restrict  itself 
to  the  horseshoe  around  Manhasset  Bay. 
The  preference  is  for  meetings  in  homes 
of  members  rather  than  in  hotels.  The 
Associated  Alumni  welcome  this  new  Club, 
with  hearty  good  wishes.  ■< 


Chicago's  Christmas  List 

►  ►  CllRisTM.vs  will  come  to  Chicago  on 
Tuesday,  Dec.  28.  That's  the  date  for 
the  annual  holiday  luncheon  of  the  Chi- 
cago Brown  Club  in  which  alumni  join 
with  undergraduates  home  on  vacation 
and  their  fathers.  It's  an  annual  aflfair, 
usually  the  high  spot  of  the  year  for  all 
concerned,  with  a  big  turnout.  This  year 
the  luncheon  will  be  held  at  the  University 
Club,  76  East  Monroe  St.,  starting  at 
noon.     The  charge  of  $2.00  includes  tips. 

Rip  Engle,  head  Varsity  football  coach, 
has  been  invited  to  be  the  principal  speak- 
er, inasmuch  as  he  is  going  to  the  Pacific 
Coast  for  the  Rose  Bowl  game  and  the 
coaches'  meetings.  F'ootball  movies  are 
also  on  order.  Other  guests  from  College 
Hill  may  include  Emery  R.  Walker,  Dean 
of  Admission,  and  James  Cunningham, 
Director  of  Placement.  < 

Engle  in  California 

►  ►  The  Los  Angeles  Brown  Club,  con- 
tinuing to  hold  its  monthly  luncheons  in 
agreeable  fashion,  looks  forward  to  the 
first  of  the  year  when  visitors  from  the 
campus  will  be  entertained  on  two  differ- 
ent occasions. 

Head  Football  Coach  Rip  Engle  will  be 
in  town  for  the  Rose  Bowl  game  on  New 
Year's  Day  and  will  spend  some  time 
with  the  Brown  Club  talking  about  Brown 
footliall  as  well  as  what  he  sees  in  Pasa- 
dena. Members  are  urged  to  watch  for 
word  from  Secretary  Stephen  H.  Dolley 
'42  as  to  the  exact  time  and  place,  but  it 
will  be  sometime  between  Jan.  2  and 
Jan.  4.  The  later  visitor  will  be  Emery 
R.  Walker,  Dean  of  Admission,  who  will 
meet  with  the  alumni  while  in  the  area  to 
keep  appointments  in  the  secondary 
schools.  All  Brunonians  in  the  area  will 
be  notified  of  this  event,  too. 

The  luncheons  have  been  coming  along 
fine.  They  are  held  every  Thursday  noon 
at  the  Hotel  Alexandria.  Those  recently 
in  attendance  include:  Lyle  Caldwell  '21, 
Harry  Howard  '24,  Larry  Gates  '21,  R. 
D.  Messinger  '37,  Bill  Creasey  '39,  Hugh 
Wallace  '37,  William  Bancroft  '37,  Hough- 
ton Metcalf  '04,  Fergus  Purves  '23, 
Browning  Smith  '48,  G.  W.  Watson  '30, 
Fred  A.  Sawyer  '38  and  Dolley. 

San  Francisco  is  also  on  the  itinerary  of 
Coach  Engle,  as  it  is  of  Dean  Walker.  The 
national  meeting  of  the  football  coaches 
association  is  scheduled  for  Jan.  5-7  in 
San  Francisco,  and  the  alumni  of  the 
Brown  Club  of  Alta  California,  hope  to 
provide  a  welcome  during  Engle's  stay. 
It  will  be  his  first  visit  to  each  of  the 
California  cities.  •^ 

The  Team  Stopped  in  Plainfield 
►  Forty  Brown  Plainfield  Area  Alumni 
turned  out  to  welcome  the  big  Brown 
team  on  its  second  visit  to  New  Jersey 
this  year.  Held  at  the  Park  Hotel,  Plain- 
field,  the  Friday  night  before  the  Rutgers 
game,  the  newly  initiated  Smoker  was  a 
very  successful  affair.  Starting  with  din- 
ner with  the  team,  it  moved  onto  a  climax 
with  talks  bv  head  coach,  "Rip"  Engle, 
and  Director  of  Athletics,  Paul  Mackesey. 
Ernie  Savignano's  narration  of  the  movie 
of  the  1948  Brown-Princeton  football 
game  greatly  added  to  the  enjoyment  of 
the  evening. 

Ed  Havens  '28,  for  the  past  two  years 
the  able  chairman  of  the  group,  presided 
at  the  meeting.  Dr.  M.  L.  Crossley  '09 
introduced  the  speakers  from  the  "Hill." 
The  new  officers  elected  include — Joe 
Burwell    '13,    Chairman;   Al    Logan    '42, 


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BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Secretan-;  "Ace"  Parker- '42,  Treasurer; 
and  Phil  Weisbecker  '46,  Program  Chair- 
man. A  motion  was  passed  to  give  to 
the  retiring  officers  a  vote  of  thanks  for 
the  splendid  job  they  had  done  in  the  past 
two  years  in  organizing  the  first  area 
section  alumni  group.  In  addition  to  Ed 
Havens,  retiring  officers  included  Joe 
Burwell  '13,  Secretary,  and  E.  Bruce 
Wetzel    '29,   Treasurer. 

Brown  men  from  the  Jersey  towns  of 
Plainfield,  Westfield,  Scotch  Plains,  Eliza- 
beth, Rahway,  Newark,  Clinton,  Plucke- 
min,  and  Hopewell  joined  to  make  the 
Smoker  a  rousing  success.  The  next  day 
found  fifty  of  them  seated  in  the  Brown 
stand  at  Rutgers  where  the  group  had 
arranged  for  tickets  in  a  party  bloc 
through  the  courtesy  of  the  Brown  Ath- 
letic Office.  A  perfect  Brown  game  ended 
a  perfect  weekend  for  the  Brown  .Alumni. 

A  magician  who  toured  the  service  hos- 
pitals during  the  war  was  to  be  the  fea- 
tured guest  at  the  Dec.  1  meeting  of  the 
Plainfield  Area  Section  of  Brown  Alumni 
at  the  Park  Hotel.  Philip  Weisbecker, 
Sr.,  promised  to  tell  of  his  experiences  as 
well  as  to  give  examples  of  his  art  in  the 
program  scheduled  to  follow  the  business 
meeting.  ■^ 

.\L  LOG.\X 
Hartford  Recommends 

*■  It  usu.\llv  R.MNS  or  storms  when  we 
have  our  meetings  in  Hartford,  and  Nov. 
10  held  true  to  form.  In  spite  of  every- 
thing, 36  of  us  gathered  at  Old  Colony 
Restaurant  in  East  Hartford  and  thor- 
oughly enjoyed  ourselves. 

Bill  Jewett  gave  us  a  most  interesting 
talk  on  the  various  student  activities  on 
the  Hill.  If  other  Clubs  haven't  heard 
him  describe  his  duties  as  Recorder,  they 
have  a  hilarious  treat  in  store  for  them. 
Lew  Shaw  discussed  some  of  the  problems 
of  schedule-making  and  then  went  on  to 
give  us  information  about  the  football 
team,  basketball  prospects,  etc.  The 
questions  fired  at  the  two  speakers  showed 
the  interest  of  the  group. 

Vic  Logan,  undergraduate  manager  of 
the  Glee  Clubs  made  a  fine  impression  on 
us  all  as  he  provided  reasons  we  should 
invite  the  Glee  Clubs  here  in  Hartford 
next  April.  He  was  most  convincing. 
We  were  glad  to  welcome  Bill  McCormick 
back — he  seemed  to  enjoy  the  chance  to 
visit  without  having  to  speak.  The  movies 
of  the  Rutgers  game  were  shown,  with 
Lew  Shaw  doing  a  fine  job  in  his  running 
commentary. 

Here  are  most  of  the  names  of  the  fel- 
lows who  braved  the  elements:  Waliy 
Henshaw  '23,  Paul  Monahan  '31,  Russ 
Granniss  '36,  Fred  Rea  '35,  Francis  En 
slin  '25,  Al  Hausmann  '43,  Jim  Babcock 
'49,  Jesse  Bailev  '16,  Bill  Wagner  '47, 
Harlan  Kellev  '47,  Ben  Neff  '40,  Bill 
Bieluch  '39,  Harold  McKay  '18,  Frank 
Jones  '97,  Ernest  Intlehouse  '26,  Gus 
.Avantaggio  '45,  Gardiner  Hathaway  '42, 
Ralph  Walker  '35,  George  Zip  Wilcox  '19, 
Dr.  John  O.  Nolan  '36,  Bill  Parkhurst  '28, 
Roger  Spear  '44,  Andv  Jack  '36,  Clarence 
Roth  '46,  Bob  Ross  '47,  Joe  Lombardo  '43, 
Ben  Crehore  '28,  Bill  Dealey  '13,  Don 
Tanner  '35,  Art  Bussey  '47,  Cy  Flanders 
'18,  and  Henderson  E.  Van  Surdam,  who 
was  there  in  the  interests  of  the  Housing 
Campaign.  Some  idea  of  the  spirit 
shown  may  be  had  from  the  attendance 
of  Enslin  and  Hausmann  from  far-away 
Litchfield;  Wilcox  and  Parkhurst  from 
Bristol;  and  Hathaway  from  Thompson- 
ville.     Frank  Jones  rarely  misses  a  meet- 


ing or  luncheon.  .\t  a  meeting  of  the 
workers  when  the  Campaign  was  organ- 
ized earlier  in  the  fall,  all  these  out-of-town 
town  fellows  were  there,  and  Howard 
Tabor  '10  showed  up  from  Salisbury, 
'way  up  in  the  northwest  corner  of  the 
State.     Talk   about   Brown   spirit! 

The  third  Wednesday  is  the  day  for  the 
regular  monthly  luncheon  which  the 
Hartford  Club  holds  for  Brown  men — in 
the  Heublein  Hotel  at  12:15.  Among 
those  on  hand  in  November,  in  addition 
to  many  listed  above,  were:  Paul  Palten 
'33,  Walter  Rolland  '22,  Ed  Tuller  '35, 
Bill  Robotham  '26,  Bob  Allison  '29, 
Francis  Brown  '25,  and  .Alan  Robotham 
'28.  •* 

CY    FLANDERS 
They  Forgave  Macl^esey 

►  A  SH.\ME-F.\CED  Director  of  Athletics 
named  Paul  Mackesey  appeared  before 
the  Washington  Brown  Club  on  Oct.  28, 
the  occasion  of  a  sports  night  at  the  Cos- 
mos Club.  An  expectant  audience  of  55 
Brunonians  sat  in  rapt  anticipation  of 
seeing  the  movies  of  the  Brown-Princeton 
game.  Then  Paul  let  the  cat  out  of  the 
bag  by  relating  how  he  had  left  the  films 
at  the  New  York  Brown  Club  the  night 
before. 

But  to  everyone's  complete  satisfaction 
Paul  then  proceded  to  exonerate  himself 
gracefully  by  virtue  of  his  ability  to  spell- 
bind the  audience.  He  gave  the  group 
a  stimulating  picture  of  the  current  and 
prospective  athletic  picture  at  Brown. 
.Another  feature  of  the  evening  was  the 
close  work  of  a  "Varsity  Quartet"  in- 
stigated by  Ed  Place  '24,  who  is  reputed 
to  be  a  pioneer  barber.  Everyone  got 
into  the  act,  and  the  singing  was  of  the 
sort  which  has  made  the  Washington  Club 
famous. 

This  was  the  second  function  of  the 
fall  program,  with  a  gratifying  increase 
of  nearly  50%  in  attendance.  New  ar- 
rivals in  Washington,  D.  C,  are  urged  to 
give  Win  Southworth,  (3700  Massachu- 
setts Ave.,  N.  W.)  their  local  addresses 
so  that  they  may  be  placed  on  the  mailing 
list.  Big  things  are  in  the  making  for 
the  future. 

The  annual  meeting  comes  Dec.  13  ■^ 
EDWIN  K.  FOX  '48 

Baltimore's  Guest 

►  Rabbi  Israel  M.  Goldman,  late  of 
Providence  and  a  newcomer  to  Baltimore, 
honored  the  Brown  Club  in  the  latter  city 
by  attending  its  regular  November  dinner 
meeting  and  speaking  informally  about 
Brown  and  Providence.  (By  the  way, 
there  will  be  no  December  meeting,  due 
to  holiday  conflicts;  but  the  series  will  re- 
sume on  the  third  Thursday  of  January, 
the  20th,  at  the  Northway  .Apartments 
3700  North  Charles  St.) 

The  fall  activity  started  in  October 
when  the  steak  roast  had  to  be  postponed 
but  a  good  dinner  was  held  at  the  North- 
way.  Thirteen  of  the  38  men  in  the  area 
attended.  We  were  pleased  that  John 
Greene  '27,  now  Director  of  .Adult  Educa- 
tion at  St.  Johns  in  .Annapolis,  was  able 
to  get  there.  .Also  new  was  Roger  Hart 
'42.  Others  present  were:  Jim  Batteys 
'42,  Hal  Madison  '31,  Ray  Hawes  '12, 
Chris  Cuddeback  '21,  Ken  Hovey  '27, 
Russ  Wonderlic  '27,  Vernon  Chase  '28, 
Rust  Scott  '17,  Wally  Buxton  '35,  Charlie 
Ives   '25,   and    myself   '43.  < 

J.    G.    ARMSTRONG,    JR. 


Boston's  Annual  Smolder 

►  It  was  FOR  laughs,  and  the  report  is 
that  there  were  plenty  of  them  in  Boston 
the  night  before  the  Harvard  game  at  the 
annual  Brown  Club  Smoker  held  at  the 
University  Club.  Bill  Burnham  '07  was 
ringmaster  of  a  generous  bill  made  up  of 
Brown  and  Boston  notables,  among  them: 
.Athletic  Director  Mackesey,  his  assistant 
Ernie  Savignano,  Brown  Line  Coach  Gus 
Zitrides,  Harvard  Freshman  Coach,  Henry 
Lamar,  Billy  Sullivan  of  the  Boston 
Bruins,  Sportscaster  Bump  Hadley  '28 
(who  had  Rip  Engle  on  WBZ's  television 
after  the  game  next  day),  George  Carens, 
and  other  sports  writers,  Ivan  Fuqua, 
Brown  track  coach,  and  Lew  Shaw,  .Ath- 
letic Publicity  Director. 

Ken  Clapp  '40  was  chairman  of  the 
smoker  committee,  with  Joe  Lockett  '41 
as  assistant.  The  other  members:  Arthur 
D.  Durgin  '14,  Ralph  C.  Knight  '21, 
Linus  Travers  '27,  Paul  P.  Johnson  '29. 
Howard  Williams  '17,  Clyde  F.  Barrows 
'29,  Robert  T.  Fowler  '35,  Philip  Saunders, 
Jr.,  '24,  Leonard  Campbell  '40,  Lane 
Fuller  '40,  and  Loring  P.  Litchfield  '28 
and  Edward  T.  Brackett  '14,  ex  officio. 

The  monthly  luncheons  of  the  Boston 
Club  will  alternate  between  the  University 
Club  in  Back  Bay  and  the  Thompson's 
Spa  at  239  Washington  St.  They  are 
held  the  second  Tuesday  of  each  month. 
In  December  and  February  the  Univer- 
sity Club  will  be  the  site,  while  the  Jan- 
uary and  March  affairs  go  to  Thompson's. 
The  annual  dinner  will  be  held  in  .April. 
On  Dec.  14  the  luncheon  speaker  will  be 
Prof.  Marcel  Moraucl.  ^ 


College  Hill  Calendar 


(continued  from  page  2} 

March  10,  11,  12  -  Sock  and  Buskin 
presents  "Deidre,"  8:30. 

March  11,  12  -  Varsity  Swimming, 
NEISA,  at  Amherst, 

March  12  -  Brown  and  Wellesley  Col- 
lege Glee  Clubs.  Varsity  and 
Freshman  Basketball,  Provi- 
dence College,  home.  Varsity 
Wrestling,  EIWA,  at  Cornell. 
Varsity  Track,  M.  I.  T.,away. 

March  17  -  Concert,  Hazel  Scott,  pi- 
anist.  Alumnae   Hall,  8:30. 

March  18  -  Varsity  Track,  Cleveland 
K.  of  C.  meet,  away. 

March  18,  19  -  Varsity  Swimming, 
EIS.A,  at  Princeton. 

March  19  -  Varsity  Track,  Boston  Lfniv, 
home. 

March  25  -  Brown-Pembroke  Orchestra 
Concert,  Alumnae   Hall,   8:30. 

March  25,  26  -  Varsity  Swimming,  Na- 
tionals at   North  Carolina. 

March  28,  29,  30,  31,  April  1  -  Brown- 
brokers  revue,  8:30. 

.April  2-11  -  Spring  recess. 

.April  22  -  Brown-  Pembroke  Chorus 
Concert,  Alumnae  Hall,  8:30. 

May  5,  6,  7,  8  -  Sock  and  Buskin  pre- 
sents "Countess  Cathleen," 
8:30. 

May  25,  26,  27  -  Sock  and  Buskin  pre- 
sents "The  Country  Wife," 
8:30. 

May  30  -  Holiday,  no  University  ex- 
ercises. 

June  1  -  Classes  end,   second   semester. 

June  6-15  -  Final  examinations,  second 
semester. 

June  20  -  181st  annual   Commencement 


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Fall  Rioer  Feature 

►  ►  An  enthusiastic  dinner  gave  the 
year  a  good  start  in  Fall  River  when  the 
sons  of  Brown  there  dined  at  the  Hotel 
Mellen  and  heard  a  delegation  from  Col- 
lege Hill  cover  the  field  of  Brown  news  in 
all  departments.  Arthur  C.  Uurfee  '22, 
who  retired  after  long  tenure  in  the  office 
of  President,  was  the  master  of  ceremonies. 
The  new  officers  include:  President — 
Harry  E.  Smalley  '04,  Vice-President — 
Norman  Zalkind  '35,  Secretary — Robert 
C.  Bogle  '39,  Treasurer — i\tr.  Uurfee. 

IJean  Arnold,  the  principal  speaker, 
stressed  the  future's  uncertainties  in  dis- 
cussing the  problems  of  American  educa- 
tion. There  are  signs,  he  said,  that  place- 
ment of  college  graduates  is  becoming 
increasingly  diHicult.  Enrollment  prob- 
lems are  easing  somewhat,  but  loss  of 
revenue  *»'!  accompany  the  return  to 
colleges  of  normal  dimensions.  By  1952, 
he  noted,  when  Brown  has  reached  the 
level  of  2000  men,  this  planned  limitation 
will  mean  a  decrease  in  "paid  admissions" 
of  appro.\imately  $750,000  a  year.  In- 
flationary costs,  housing,  and  industry's 
raids  on  the  Faculty  were  other  problems 
he  cited. 

Alumni  Executive  Officer  William  B. 
McCormick  '23  hailed  the  activity  in 
Fall  River  and  offered  three  ways  in  which 
alumni  can  support  their  Alma  Mater; 
"By  interesting  ourselves  in  the  process 
of  education  in  general;  by  being  on  the 
lookout  for  men  with  capacity  for  educa- 
tion whom  we'd  like  to  see  as  Brown 
students;  and  by  building  and  sustaining 
a  philosophy  of  giving  time,  service,  and 
money  on  her  behalf." 

Ernest  T.  Savignano,  who  also  showed 
movies  of  last  year's  Brown-Rutgers  foot- 
ball game,  described  the  current  season. 
"We  have  a  good  team,"  he  said.  "The 
only  catch  is  that  we  don't  know  just  how 
good  it  is  going  to  he  on  any  given  Sat- 
urday." He  said  the  Freshman  team 
looked  promising.  Bill  McLellan,  Var- 
sity tackle,  also  spoke  on  behalf  of  the 
players.  (Fred  Kozak,  backfield  star 
from  Fall  River,  was  unable  to  attend 
because  of  an  attack  of  flu.) 

Among  those  who  attended  the  Fall 
River  dinner  were:  ."Xlvin  A.  Gaffney  '22, 
Norman  Zalkind  '35,  Augustus  J.  Wood 
'95,  J.  Warren  Campbell  '23,  Charles 
.Soforenko  '23,  Dr.  Albert  C.  Thomas  '08, 
C.  LeRoy  Grinnell  '08,  Harry  Smalley  '04, 
Warren  F.  Sanford  '24,  James  B.  McGuire 
'38,  J.  Terence  C.  McGuire  '12,  Gardiner 
T.  Hart  '06,  William  A.  Hart  '03,  Robert 
A.  Bogle  '20,  Robert  C.  Bogle  '39,  Abra 
ham  Ehrenhaus  '45,  Fred  Parkinson  '46, 
Henry  Packer  '44,  Preston  H.  Hood  '12, 
Preston  H.  Hood,  Jr.,  '41,  James  I-".  I.aw- 
ton  '31,  Hyman  L.  Pollock  '30,  Milton 
E.  Earle  '23,  Arthur  Freedman  '45,  Jack 
M.  Rosenberg  '42,  Paul  S.  Kramer  '42, 
Samuel  M.  Course  '40,  Merrill  Leviss  '44, 
Samuel  T.  Arnold  '13,  Arthur  C.  Durfee 
'22,  Ernest  Savignano  '42,  Bill  McLellan 
•49,  Gale  Wisbach  '39,  P.  A.  Hartley  '39, 
Amasa  Williston,  of  the  B.  M.  C.  Durfee 
High  School.  ■* 

Indianapolis  Lunches  Set 

►  Informal  lunches  for  Brown  men  in 
Indianapolis  have  been  resumed,  and  are 
a  regular  feature  on  the  first  Monday  of 
every  month  at  Charlie's  Steak  House, 
144  E.  Ohio  St.  Notices  for  the  Nov.  1 
gathering  also  brought  the  men  up  to  date 
on  Brown  football,  and  Secretary  William 
A.  Dyer,  Jr.,  '24,  General  Manager  of  the 
Indianapolis  Star  sent  us  a  sample.        •< 


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UNLESS  YOU  LIVE  in  Maine  or  Vermont,  you  saw  newspaper  pictures  of 
the  "Big  Brown"  bear  which  the  Mid-Western  alumni  gave  to  the  Univer- 
sity this  fall.  News  Bureau  and  Photo  Lab  photographs  went  out  to  many 
papers  and  all  the  services  featuring  the  huge  stuffed  animal.  One  showed 
the  Varsity  coaches  looking  up,  longingly,  and  the  caption  said:  "Oh  for 
a  tackle  like  that!" 

Clippings  returned  by  mid-November  showed  that  the  picture  had  been 
usedinmore  than  400newspapers  in  46  States,  plus  the  District  of  Columbia 
and  STARS  AND  STRIFES  in  Germany.  Some  papers,  like  the  Boston 
Herald  and  the  New  York  Herald  Tribune,  doubled  up,  using  one  picture 
one  day  and  another  the  next.  The  list  of  cities  where  the  picture  ap- 
peared includes  most  of  the  major  centers  of  the  country,  and  seme  less 
well  known,  like  Cripple  Creek,  Colorado,  and  Corn,  Oklahoma.  The 
photo  above  shows  Howard  Curtis,  Director  of  the  Brown  University  News 
Bureau,  blanketing  the  bear  with  some  of  the  first  returns.  He  has  an- 
other batch  in  his  hand. 


R.  I.'s  Football  Night 

►  A  SALUTE  to  Brown  football  was  the 
theme  of  the  fall  dinner  of  the.  Rhode 
Island  Brown  Club  on  Nov.  5  when  the 
coaches  were  the  guests  of  the  members 
at  the  Wannamoisett  Country  Club  on 
the  eve  of  the  Western  Reserve  game. 
Paul  Mackesey,  Athletic  Director,  was 
master  of  ceremonies.  Rutgers  game 
movies  were  another  attraction. 

The  officers  for  1948-1949  are:  President 
J.  W.  Riker  '22;  Vice-President— Mason 
L.  Dunn  '35;  Treasurer — E.  John  Lownes, 
Jr.,  '23;  Secretary — Arthur  H.  Feiner  '22; 

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Executive  Committee — Richard  A.  Batch- 
elder  '35,  William  T.  Brightman,  Jr.,  '21, 
Robert  W.  Brokaw  '38,  Kip  I.  Chace  '12, 
Foster  B.  Davis,  Jr.,  '39,  J.  Richmond 
Fales  '10,  Thomas  F.  Gilbane  '33,  Paul 
F.  Gleeson  '32,  Albert  F.  GofT  '24,  Fred- 
erick L.  Harson  '31,  Stanley  Henshaw, 
Jr.,  '35,  Lewis  S.  Milner  '02,  William  R. 
Potter,  Jr.,  '42,  Ernest  Savignano  '42,  H. 
Stanton  Smith  '21,  Henry  D.  Sharpe,  Jr., 
'45,  Norman  L.  Silverman  '31,  Richmond 
H.  Sweet  '25,  and  Paul  W.  Welch  '38. 

The    Brown     Club    of    Rhode    Island 
joined   the   Brown   Key  in   sponsoring  a 


BROWN    ALUMNI    MONTHLY 


Rally  Dance  Nov.  23  at  the  Sheraton- 
Biltmore  Hotel  in  Providence.  More 
than  200  couples  attended  this  prelude 
to  the  Thanksgiving  Day  game  with 
Colgate.  ■^ 

Critics  and  Campuses 

►  Members  of  the  Detroit  Brown  Club 
were  all  invited  to  hear  President  Wriston 
Oct.  25  when  he  spoke  before  the  Eco- 
nomic Club  in  that  city;  many  shared  in 
the  welcome  to  the  President.  The  speech 
was  very  well  recei\ed,  writes  Secretary 
Bruce  Coulter  '20:  "It  was  a  masterly 
job.  One  of  my  friends  came  up  after- 
ward and  said,  'He  doesn't  stutter,  does 
he?'" 

Dr.  Wriston's  theme,  according  to  the 
Detroit  Free  Press,  was  a  warning  to  busi- 
ness to  stop  scoffing  at  intellectuals,  to 
help  remove  economic  pressures  which 
turn  educators  to  the  use  of  force,  as  in 
teachers'  strikes.  Communism  is  practi- 
cally non-e.xistent  on  the  .American  cam- 
pus, he  said.  Teachers  have  an  obligation 
to  be  critical.  Thus,  the  nation  need  not 
be  alarmed  because  many  are  extremely 
critical  of  the  social  and  economic  order. 
Their  reactions  are  highly  sensitized  to 
our  dangers. 

The  Brown  President  also  pleaded  for 
a  restoration  of  balance  between  the 
publicly-supported  and  the  endow'ed  in- 
stitutions   of    higher    education. 

Among  Brunonians  present  were:  Ken- 
drick  Brown  '22,  VV.  K.  Browne  '25,  M. 
E.  Browning  '38,  John  Buchman  '44. 
Dean  Coffin  '33,  Howard  Coffin  '01,  C. 
Cain  '38,  Bruce  Coulter  '20,  G.  A.  Dickey 
'33,  Bishop  Richard  Emrich  '32,  J.  Freed- 
man  '25,  J.  S.  Folev  '25,  Charles  Gaffney 
'38,  T.  N.  Hubbard '26,  W.  C.  Leland  '92, 
J.  H.  Nimmo  '29,  \V.  A.  Moffatt  '14,  Jack 
Sanders  '26,  Henry  Selleck  '09,  \V.  C. 
Scott  '24,  Martin  Rice  '25,  E.  C.  Walms- 
ley  '22.  < 

Dinner  in  Poughkeepsie 

►  \V.\LTER  S.  B.  Tate,  Director  of  Stu- 
dent Activities  at  Brown,  journeyed  from 
the  campus  to  Ije  with  the  Mid-Hudson 
Brown  Club  when  its  fall  dinner  was  held 
Oct.  19  in  Poughkeepsie.  He  reported 
the  group  an  enthusiastic  one,  with  a  live- 
ly interest  in  what  is  happening  on  College 
Hill,  Providence. 

President  William  Howard  Young  '16 
was  presiding  officer.  Others  present: 
Homer  Guernsey  '06,  Leon  Clark  '10, 
Ray  Crum  '15,  Harold  Long  '16,  Joe 
Emsley  '24,  Irving  Tragel  '40,  Ron  Mc- 
Intyre  '42,  Buzz  Guernsey  '43,  Bob  Gol- 
rick  '47,  Ed  Golrick  '48,  Carl  Olson  '46, 
and  Irving  Long  '49.  < 

Pittsburgh  Resumes 

►  .Alumni  in  the  Pittsburgh  area  have 
resumed  their  regular  monthly  luncheons 
— at  Childs  Restaurant  on  Smithfield  -St., 
the  fourth  Friday  at  12:15.  While  the 
informal  gatherings  are  sponsored  by  the 
Brown  Club  of  Western  Pennsylvania, 
all  alumni  are  invited  to  join  the  group. 

The  first  dinner  meeting  of  the  season 
was  scheduled  for  Nov.  8  at  the  University 
Club  with  two  outstanding  football 
officials  as  guests:  Judge  "Sammy"  Weiss 
and  "Red"  Friesel.  This  is  the  first 
official  activity  since  the  picnic  held  last 
June  at  South  Park  when  about  20  men 
attended,  with  their  wives.  The  program 
included  a  wiener  and  hamburg  roast  and 
various  sports.  ■^ 

PHILIP  M.  LINGHAM 


Jn  "  The  American  Scholar" 

►  The  Winter  Number  of  The 
American  Scholar  has  two  Brun- 
onian  contributors.  J.  Saunders 
Redding  '28  is  the  author  of  "  Por- 
trait of  W.E.B.  Dubois,"  announced 
as  "the  personal  portrait  of  one 
of  the  greatest  Negro  figures  of  this 
country,  by  the  first  Negro  ever  to 
win  the  Mayflower  award  in  North 
Carolina." 

President  Gordon  K.  Chalmers 
'25  of  Kenyon  College  discusses  the 
much  debated  report  of  President 
Truman's  Commission  on  Higher 
Education  in  an  article  "The  Social 
Role  of  Education."  ■^ 


For  the  New    Yorl^ers 

►  Edmond  M.  Hanrahan,  Chairman  of 
the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission, 
was  guest  of  the  Brown  L^niversity  Club 
in  New  York  on  Nov.  17,  according  to 
the  Club  Newsletter  for  the  month.  He 
planned  to  tell  how  the  SEC  polices  the 
nation's  stock  exchanges  and  investment 
machinery.  Mr.  Hanrahan  is  a  former 
law  associate  of  Gerald  Donovan  '12, 
who  presided  at  dinner. 

More  than  100  members  and  guests  of 
the  Club  attended  the  football  dinner 
Oct.  27  when  movies  of  the  Princeton 
game  provided  a  good  climax.  Speakers 
included  Athletic  Director  Paul  Mackesey, 
Earle  "Greasy"  Neal  of  the  Philadelphia 
Eagles,  and  Andy  Coakley,  veteran  coach 
of  Columbia's  baseball  teams. 

The  Newsletter  renewed  the  invitation 
to  Club  members  to  drop  in  for  Friday 
lunches  in  the  Extension  to  the  Main 
Dining  Room.  Occasionally  a  speaking 
program  is  planned,  but  good  fellowship 
is  always  a  drawing  card. 

The  Club  has  published  a  directory  of 
members  for  the  year  1948-1949 — a  tidy 
and  useful  little  pamphlet.  A  supplement 
will  soon  bring  the  roster  up  to  date.  Work- 
ing with  the  L'niversity  on  placement 
matters,  the  Club  invites  information  of 
help  to  such  a  program — opportunities, 
openings,  needs,  etc.  ■^ 

On  the  Engineer' s  Calendar 

►  The  ,\nnu.\l  meeting  of  the  Brown 
Engineering  Association  will  be  held  in 
New  York  Feb.  4,  according  to  notices 
which  went  to  the  membership  in  Novem- 
ber. President  Wriston  will  be  the  prin- 
cipal speaker,  and  other  details  will  be 
forthcoming  shortly. 

Harry  Bernard  '24,  Chief  Engineer  of 
the  Mack  Manufacturing  Corporation, 
was  listed  as  the  attraction  for  the  fall 
dinner  meeting  at  the  Building  Trades 
Employers'  Association  Dec.  2.  The  date 
was  chosen  for  the  convenience  of  the 
ASME  members  as  well,  and  Mr.  Bernard 
promised  to  let  the  Brow-n  engineers  in 
"on  the  secrets  of  making  busses,  trucks, 
and  fire  apparatus."  •^ 

'  Round  About  Seattle 

►  The  Brown  Club  of  the  Northwest, 
with  headquarters  in  Seattle,  had  a  great 
stimulant  last  summerin  the  visit  of  Brown 
undergraduates  who  were  there  on  the 
Navv  cruise.  -A  winter  meeting  is  in 
prospect,  according  to  word  which  reaches 
Providence  from  A.  Wilber  Stevens  '42, 
the  Secretary.  His  address:  8244  40th 
St.,  N.  E.,  Seattle  5.  Mike  Roberts  '31  is 
the  new  President  of  the  Club,  while 
Curly  Edes  '28  is  Vice-President.  ^ 

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Baetzhold  in  Maine 

►  Portland  alumni  informally  welcomed 
Howard  Baetzhold  '44,  Brown  admissions 
officer,  during  his  autumn  visits  to  second- 
ary schools  in  northern  New  England.  A 
group  from  the  Brown  Club  of  Western 
Maine  had  dinner  in  the  Eastland  Hotel 
on  Election  Night,  heard  talk  of  College 
Hill,  and  enjoyed  some  Kodachrome 
slides  of  Providence  and  the  campus.  In- 
cluded in  the  group  were:  A.  H.  Halber- 
stadt  '34,  W.  Ravmond  Henry  '29,  Dr. 
Henry  D.  Burrage''33,  Fred  H.  Gabbi  '02, 
Robert  F.  Skillings  '11,  and  A.  Thomas 
Scott  '28.  < 

Campus  Campaign 

►  Workers  for  the  Brown  Service  Fund 
Drive  in  November  sought  $6000  from 
the  campus  community  for  some  20  pro- 
jects on  College  Hill,  in  Rhode  Island, 
and  abroad.  The  Handbook,  distributed 
to  750  Freshmen.  Freshman  Week  ac- 
tivities, in  conjunction  with  the  Brown 
Union.  The  B.  C.  A.  Embassy  in  which 
religious  emphasis  is  promoted.  A  re- 
volving fund  for  small  loans.  Blood 
donations  to  members  of  the  Brown  family 
and  also  blood  volunteers  to  save  the 
lives  of  less  fortunate  people  in  Rhode 
Island  hospitals.  Cooperation  with  the 
Brown  Placement  Bureau  in  serving  200 
men  in  vocational  matters.  Meetings  for 
counsel  on  courtship  and  marriage.  Peace 
Week,  highlighted  by  international  and 
atomic  experts.  Good  will  speakers  to 
local  churches,  schools,  and  clubs.  Super- 
vision of  athletics  in  boy's  reformatories. 
Christmas  parties  which  the  fraternities 
hold  for  underprivileged  children.  A 
program  of  summer  cx[X'rience  in  semin- 
ars and  industry.  Summer  camp  recrea- 
tion for  underprivileged  boys.  Teachers 
to  assist  the  rehabilitation  program  in 
men's  reformatories.  Clothing  collection 
for  needy  Europeans  Brown  LIniversity 
scholarships  for  Chinese  students.  A 
University  of  ."Kthens  scholarship.  Aid 
to  the  World  Student  Service  Fund,  in 
company  with  other  .American  colleges, 
for  aid  in  Europe  and  Asia.  ^ 


BCA'S  K.   Brooke  Anderson 


BKO^N     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Brunonians  Far  and  Near  m  < 


EDITED  BY  JOHN  B.   HARCOURT  '43 


1880 
►  ►  James  Gr.\nger  Lincoln,  son  of  the 
late  Prof.  John  Larkin  Lincoln  of  Brown, 
died  in  Providence  Nov.  17,  1948  after  a 
short  illness,  in  his  90th  year.  One  of 
Brown's  oldest  graduates,  Mr.  Lincoln 
had  engaged  in  the  business  of  builders' 
supplies  with  his  brother-in-law,  Charles 
S.  Waldo,  until  his  retirement  in  1921. 
He  spent  most  of  his  winters  abroad,  re- 
turning to  his  home  in  Jamestown,  R.  I., 
for  the  suiiimer  months.  Besides  his 
widow,  the  former  Sally  Tucker,  whom 
he  married  in  1891,  Mr.  Lincoln  leaves 
a  son,  John  L.  Lincoln,  and  three  daugh- 
ters, Mrs.  Ale.\ander  Williams,  Mrs.  Em- 
mons Alexander,  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Coey. 
He  held  an  A.  M.  as  well  as  an  A.  B.  from 
Brown;  he  was  a  member  of  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  and  Psi  Upsilon. 

1882 
The  death  of  Czechoslovakia's  Eduard 
Benes  brought  recollections  to  Dr.  Wil- 
liam H.  Tolman  of  126  Prospect  St.,  Paw- 
tucket,  of  "a  genial,  affable  democrat  with 
a  very  human  touch."  At  the  end  of 
World  War  1,  Benes  invited  Dr.  Tolman 
to  come  to  Prague  and  help  establish  the 
YMCA  in  the  new  republic.  Benes  was 
anxious  to  bring  American  ways  to  Czecho- 
slovakia, Dr.  Tolman  told  a  newspaper 
interviewer. 

1883 
M.  B.  Denison  has  moved  to  Hill  Top 
Manor,  888  Maple  St.,  Rocky  Hill,  Conn., 
we  are  informed  by  Class  Secretary  Man- 
ning. 

1888 
Albert    B.    Cook   has   a    new   address: 
Gloucester,  Va. 

1893 
Dr.  Alexander  Meiklejohn's  permanent 
address  is  1525  La  Loma  Ave.,  Berkeley, 
Calif. 

1895 
Theron    Clark    has   a    new   address  at 
2335  Fair  Park,  Los  Angeles  41. 

1897 
Charles  Wayland   Towne   is   president 
for  1948-49  of  The  Executive  Club,  Tus- 


Birlhday  {or  Our  Oldest 

►  Brown's  SENIOR  .\LUMNUs,George 
F.  Weston  '78,  had  greetings  from 
many  of  his  Brunonian  friends 
Oct.  3  when  he  was  95  years  old. 
The  day  was  the  occasion  of  a  pleas- 
ant, modest  observance  at  1648 
Willowhurst  Ave.,  San  Jose,  Calif. 

Acknowledging  the  messages  from 
Pro\idence,  Sir.  Weston  wrote  in 
his  characteristically  strong  hand; 
"It  is  74  years  since  I  entered 
Brow'n,  where  I  lived  for  four  years 
in  L^niversity  Hall.  The  article  by 
Bruce  Bigelow  in  the  last  Alumni 
Monthly  interested  me  very  much. 
The  growth  and  influence  of  the 
University  during  my  lifetime  seems 
marvelous. 

"I  am  well  and  still  regard  my- 
self as  a  useful  and  active  citizen. 
Where  I  eagerly  used  to  take  a 
leading  part,  however,  I  am  now 
quite  content  to  sit  in  a  comfortable 
chair  and  let  the  other  fellow  do 
the  work.  I  am  very  thankful  for 
all  the  words  of  good  cheer."  < 


Addendum  on  Hughes 

►  President  Wriston's  article  on 
Cliarles  Evans  Hughes  as  a  Brown 
undergraduate  should  have  carried 
further  identification  in  our  last 
issue  to  show  that  it  was  originally 
an  address  given  before  the  student 
body  at  the  first  Convocation  of 
the  academic  year.  Dr.  Robert 
Cushman  Murphy  '11  has  written 
us  to  say  he  considered  it  one  of  the 
finest  biographical  essays  he  had 
ever  read. 
We  have  not  yet  noted  that  the 
L^niversity's  delegation  at  the  funer- 
al services  in  the  Riverside  Church 
in  New  York  on  Aug.  31  was  a  large 
one,  including  President  Wriston, 
Vice-President  Bigelow,  Dean  Arn- 
old; Dr.  W.  Randolph  Burgess  of 
the  Board  of  Fellows;  and  Trustees 
William  P.  Burnham,  Edwin  Farn- 
ham  Greene,  Walter  Hoving,  Row- 
land R.  Hughes,  William  E.  Sprack- 
ling,  and  Dr.  Charles  C.  Tillinghast. 
Other  Brunonians  noted  in  the 
great  congregation  were:  John  D. 
Rockefeller,  Jr.,  '97,  Judge  Norman 
S.  Dike  '85,  Newton  G.  Chase  '09, 
Henry  R.  Hobson  '06,  and  David 
H.  Scott  '32. 

In  Mr.  Hughes'  will  several  uni- 
versities, including  Brown,  were 
remembered  with  substantial  be- 
quests. ■< 


con,  Ariz.,  which  has  a  membership  lim- 
ited to  250  and  which  plays  host  to  well 
known  visitors  to  Tuscon.  First  speaker 
on  the  Club  program  was  Richard  Lloyd 
George,  son  of  the  late  British  Prime 
Minister. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Horace  Bissell  are  now 
back  in  Providence  at  their  107  Lloyd 
Ave.  address. 

Francis  B.  Richards  has  a  new  address: 
RFD  1,  Box  171,  Largo  P.  O.,  Fla. 
1898 

After  the  50th  anniversary  exercises  at 
the  Hope  High  School,  Theodore  Everett 
Dexter  of  Central  Falls  wrote  to  the 
Journal  in  Providence  of  his  pride  in  the 
program.  "I  am  also  proud  to  be  an 
'alumnus'  teacher,"  he  said. 

Priscilla  Meredith  Stolz  of  Far  Hills, 
N.  J.,  a  member  of  the  Freshman  Class  at 
Pembroke,  is  a  granddaughter  of  the  late 
William  R.  Morse. 

Fred  A.  Smart  continues  his  active 
teaching  in  Tilton,  N.  H.,  where  he  has 
served  since  1900.  A  recent  note  to  the 
Newport  County  Sentinel  told  of  his  pleas- 
ure in  attending  the  50th  reunion. 
1899 

Miss  Gordyne  Sedgwick,  daughter  of 
our  late  classmate,  Dr.  Otis  W.  Sedgwick, 
was  married  at  the  Little  Church  Around 
the  Corner,  New  York  City,  to  Carl  N. 
Jensen  on  July  30,  1948.  Mrs.  Jensen, 
who  attended  Syracuse,  has  been  a  Con- 
over  model  and  her  pictures  have  appeared 
in  magazines  and  elsewhere.  Mr.  Jensen 
is  a  graduate  of  Hamilton  and  of  Brooklyn 
Law  School.  Mrs.  Jensen's  uncle,  Hubert 
M.  Sedgwick  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  counts 
many  Brown  men  among  his  friends. 

Professor  Lester  Boardman  is  in  retire- 
ment at  656  Grant  St.,  Indiana,  Pa. 


Francis  Cole's  daughter  Martha  Wash- 
ington Cole  is  engaged  to  Leo  M.  Curley 
of  Taunton. 

1900 

►  Rev.  M.  Joseph  Twomey,  D.  D.,  re- 
tired Baptist  minister  and  Brown  L'ni- 
versity  loyalist,  died  Oct.  28,  1948,  in 
Portland,  Me.,  after  an  illness  of  several 
months.  He  had  filled  important  pas- 
torates in  the  East,  including  the  Baptist 
Temple  in  Philadelphia,  the  First  Baptist 
Church  in  Portland,  Peddie  Memorial 
Baptist  Church  in  Newark,  Baptist 
Church  in  Danielson,  Conn.,  North 
Orange  Baptist  Church  in  North  Orange, 
and  First  Baptist  Church  in  Williamsport, 
Penn.  From  1913  to  1919  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Northern  Baptist  Convention  and  from 
1922  to  1937  was  on  the  Executive  Board 
of  the  American  Baptist  Foreign  Mission 
Society. 

Born  in  Killarney,  Ireland,  Jan.  10, 
1871,  Dr.  Twomey  came  to  this  country 
at  the  age  of  19.  He  prepared  for  Brown 
at  Suffield  Literary  Institute,  Suflield, 
Conn.  He  was  also  a  graduate  of  the 
Newton  Theological  Institution  in  1903. 
He  was  a  Trustee  of  the  International 
Seminary,  Peddie  School,  Hartshorn  Me- 
morial College,  and  Virginia  Union  Uni- 
versity. 

When  he  received  his  honorary  D.  D. 
from  Brown  in  1921  (Temple  also  honored 
him  later),  the  citation  read:  "Builder  of 
churches,  wholehearted  servant  of  man 
and  God,  who  has  known  how  to  reach 
with  tenderness  and  humor,  with  delicacy 
and  strength,  the  unplumbed  deeps  in  the 
souls  of  men."  Mrs.  Twomey,  whom  he 
married  in  1903  survives  him.  He  was  a 
welcome  visitor  at  Brown  o%er  the  years 
and  a  great  friend  of  Brown  men. 

A  retrospective  exhibition  of  water 
color  paintings  by  Prof.  Herbert  Richard 
Cross  was  shown  last  summer  at  Helme 
House,  Kingston.     It  won  high  favor. 

Dwight  E.  Norris,  son  of  Mrs.  Clarence 
Norris  and  our  late  classmate,  was  a  June 
graduate  from  M.  I.  T.  and  is  now  study- 
ing for  a  Master's  degree  there.  He  was 
a  graduate  of  the  Bulkeley  School  in  New 
London,  of  which  his  father  was  assistant 
headmaster  until  his  death  in  1945. 

1901 

The  Amherst  Record  recently  published 
Col.  G.  A.  "Bird"  Taylor's  latest  poem 
"The  Holyoke  Range,"  a  description  of 
the  mountain  view  from  his  Old  Hadley 
home. 

1902 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Albert  D.  Shaw  of  Spring- 
field observed  their  25th  wedding  anni- 
\-ersary  on  Oct.  17.  Lewis  S.  iMilner  went 
up  from  Providence  to  the  celebration. 

Sam  Cohen  is  clerk  of  The  Community 
Church  in  New  York  City,  which  dedi- 
cated a  new  church  building  on  Oct.  18. 

Abbott  Phillips,  Jr.,  son  of  Mrs.  Abbott 
Phillips  and  our  late  classmate,  is  engaged 
to  Miss  Phyllis  Lee  Brownell,  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  Herbert  Brownell 
of  Seattle.  Phillips,  a  decorated  veteran 
of  mountain  warfare,  is  running  his  own 
skiing  center  in  northern  New  England. 

We  are  sorry  to  learn  of  the  death  of 
Mrs.  Jennie  E.  Fish,  wife  of  Myron  C. 
Fish  '02. 

William  A.  Hill  has  a  new  address: 
Penney  Farms.  Fla. 

1903 

Arthur  Philbrick  was  presented  with  an 
illuminated    scroll    upon    his    retirement 


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from  the  vice-presidency  of  the  British 
Empire  Club  of  Providence. 

Joseph  Grim,  Jr.,  is  living  in  Electro, 
Texas. 

Edward  White  sends  a  new  address  at 
1620  Hillcrest  Ave.,  Winter  Park,  Fla. 

1905 

State  Senator  Fred  C.  Broomhead  has 
been  elected  to  his  23rd  consecutive  term 
as  President  of  the  Barrington,  R.  I., 
District  Nursing  .•\ssociation. 

Harold  Newton  is  Head  of  the  English 
Department  of  the  Syracuse  Public  Schools. 
His  Syracuse  address  is  309  Winkworth 
Pkwy. 

1906 

Charles  Tillinghast's  son  John  A.  Till- 
inghast  was  married  on  Sept.  11,  1948,  to 
Miss  Mabel  K.  Healey,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  T.  F.  Healey  of  White  Plains, 
N.  Y. 

Leon  Gay's  woolen  mill  in  Cavendish, 
Vt.,  was  recently  visited  by  the  New  Eng- 
land Council's  research  group  which  cited 
it  as  a  model  of  e.xpert  management  and 
efficient  operation. 

J.  William  James  is  in  Denair,  Calif., 
recovering  from  an  attack  of  coronary 
thrombosis.  We  hope  he  will  soon  be 
able  to  resume  his  writing  for  the  New- 
town, Conn.,  Bee. 

Elmer  D.  Nickerson  continues  active  in 
dramatics,  long  his  hobby,  and  is  current- 
ly Treasurer  of  The  Players  of  Providence. 

Gardiner  Hart  is  an  editorial  writer  for 
the  Fall  River,  Mass.,  Herald-News.  His 
home  in  Fall  River  is  at  328  French  St. 

1907 

Ralph  McPhee,  publisher  of  the  Wash- 
tenaw Post-Trihune  in  Ann  .^^rbor,  Mich., 
reports  that  his  son,  who  was  in  the  At- 
lantic Transport  Command  during  the 
war,  occasionally  brings  a  DC-3  into  Prov- 
idence as  an  American  Airlines  Captain. 
"Don't  let  them  make  Brown  into  one  of 
these  places  which  enhances  the  squirrel- 
cage  existence  we  live  in,"  writes  the 
father.  "Keep  it  small  and  good — ^with 
the  emphasis  on  education."  His  new 
home  address:  1023  Granger  Ave.,  .Ann 
Arbor. 

William  P.  Burnham,  one  of  the  Cor- 
poration representatives  at  the  funeral  of 
Charles  Evans  Hughes,  flew  from  Maine 
at  short  notice  in  order  to  attend  the  ser- 
vices at  the  Ri\'erside  Church  in  New 
York  City.  He  arrived  in  New  York  in 
the  clothes  he  had  worn  at  his  summer 
place,  had  a  suit  tailored  in  a  few  hours' 
time,  and  joined  the  large  delegation  at 
the  church. 

R.  L.  Elrod  has  a  new  grandson,  Ralph 
George  Elrod,  born  July  31,  1948  to  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  R.  Perry  Elrod  of  \'ermillion, 
S.  D. 

Rev.  Eugene  C.  Carder,  D.  D.,  now 
retired  and  living  in  Greensboro,  Vt.,  was 
a  preacher  at  the  union  services  held  at 
the  First  Baptist  Church, Saratoga  Springs, 
N.  Y.,  during  .August. 

The  C.  ^I.  flamlins  came  north  from 
Bristol,  Tenn.,  during  the  summer,  stopped 
for  a  night  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  with  the 
F.  S.  .Autys,  and  then  went  to  Buck's 
old  home  in  Maine  for  vacation. 

Robert  S.  Curley  and  Mrs.  Curley  are 
home  again  in  Biddetord,  Me.,  (22  Am- 
herst St.)  after  their  cross  country  trip  in 
the  summer.  Much  obliged.  Bob,  for  the 
card  from  San  Francisco. 

".After  a  wonderful  week  on  the  coast, 
we  are  among  the  pines  at  Belgrade  Lakes 
for  a  spell,"  wrote  Fred  Auty  from  down 
in     Maine     in     mid-September.     "Called 


Teaching  DP  Doctors 
►  Two  MEMBERS  of  a  five-man 
teaching  medical  teaching  mission 
to  Germany  were  Dr  .Alex  M. 
Burgess  '06  and  Dr.  Peter  Pineo 
Chase  '06,  who  have  returned  from 
eight  weeks  of  instructing  DP  doc- 
tors in  the  American  zone  under 
the  auspices  of  the  International 
Relief  Organization.  Speaking  at 
the  annual  dinner  of  the  staff  asso- 
ciation of  the  Rhode  Island  Hos- 
pital in  November,  Dr.  Burgess 
appealed  for  recognition  of  the  DP 
doctors  which  would  make  it  pos- 
sible for  them  to  resettle  in  this 
countr>'.  He  referred  to  the  DP 
doctors  as  the  cream  of  the  crop 
and  regretted  that  restrictive  laws 
designed  to  keep  out  the  "phonies" 
also  placed  an  embargo  on  brains. 

At  the  staff  dinner  certificates 
were  awarded  to  five  retired  chiefs 
of  staff  at  the  R.  I.  Hospital,  among 
them  Dr.  Burgess. 

Dr.  Chase  has  written  an  en- 
lightening series  of  articles  in  the 
Providence  Journal  about  their  ex- 
periences abroad.  < 


the  'Spike'  Afflecks  in  Portland,  but  they 
were  on  vacation.  Had  Bill  and  Mrs. 
Burnham  over  from  Squirrel  Island  for 
Sunday  dinner. 

A.  H.  Gurney  and  Mrs.  Gurney  spent 
the  summer  in  Deep  Brook,  Nova  Scotia. 
Bill  Reynolds  joined  them  for  a  week  and 
drove  them  home  by  way  of  Halifax, 
Moncton  and  St.  John,  N.  B.,  Portland, 
Me.,  and  way  stations.  A  delightful  ride 
all  the  way,  and  we  hope  Bill  will  tell  us 
at  next  reunion  how  easy  it  is  to  pick  blue- 
berries with  a  mechanical  picker. 

As  we  were  writing  this  copy  the  first 
week  in  October,  Dr.  Charles  D.  McCann 
and  Mrs.  McCann  were  heading  for  Cali- 
fornia for  a  month's  vacation,  and  John 
L.  Curran  was  on  his  way  to  Maine  on  a 
bird  hunting  trip. 

Miss  Helen  Frances  Castle,  daughterof 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Castle  of  Edge- 
wood,  was  married  on  June  5,  1948,  to 
Leslie  F.  Mowry,  Jr.,  son  of  our  classmate 
and  Mrs  Mowry. 

William  Partridge  Jr.,  has  retired  after 
19  years  of  faithful  service  as  editor  of 
The  Untied  Churchman,  official  paper  of 
the  Maritime  Conference  of  the  United 
Church  of  Canada.  "Exacting  but  in- 
teresting work,"  Bill  characterizes  it.  His 
last  year  was  particularly  difficult  be- 
cause of  sickness  and  trouble  with  his 
eyes.  At  the  1948  annual  meeting  of  the 
Maritime  Conference  in  Sackville,  N.  B., 
our  classmate  received  special  honors,  in- 
cluding a  purse  of  money  and  an  address 
which  praised  the  way  in  which  he  had 
"shaped  and  moulded  the  character  of 
The  United  Churchman"  and  widened 
and  deepened  its  influence  "until  it  has 
now  become  a  potent  factor  in  the  reli- 
gious life  of  these  provinces."  Bill  is  living 
in  Sackville. 

Lee  Heyer  White  commutes  between 
Greens  Farms,  Conn.,  where  he  lives,  and 
New  York,  where  he  has  his  office  as  cer- 
tified public  accountant  at  230  Park  .Ave. 
Better  make  a  note  that  Lee's  New  York 
office  is  in  the  Grand  Central,  and  give 
him  a  ring  or  look  in  to  say  hello  next 
time  you  are  in  that  station. 

\'our  Secretary  records  with  regret  the 
death  in  Providence,  August  12,  1948,  of 

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our  classmate  and  friend,  Robert  Brad- 
ford Jones,  and  gives  to  Mrs.  Jones  and 
young  Bob  the  sincere  sympathy  of  the 
Class.  We  think,  too,  of  Bob's  mother 
and  his  brother,  Frederick  S.  Jones  '04. 
1908 

C.  LeRoy  Grinnell,  editor  of  the  New- 
port County  Sentinel,  has  announced  to 
his  readers  that  he  is  also  operating  an 
agency  with  the  Meiklejohn  Company  of 
Providence,  demonstrating  and  selling 
the  Hammond  Organ  and  the  Knabe 
piano.  In  the  past  year  he  notes  that  he 
has  played  an  average  of  10  hours  a  week 
for  men  of  the  armed  services  in  Newport. 
He  estimates  that  he  has  played"Humor- 
esque"  500  times  during  that  period  and 
"Because"  as  many  as  a  dozen  times  a 
night — and  never  twice  the  same,  he  adds. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grinnell  announce  the 
engagement  of  their  youngest  daughter, 
Mary  E.  Grinnell,  to  Homer  D.  Eckhardt, 
son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chester  C.  Eckhardt 
of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  who  has  just  re- 
ceived his  M.  Sc.  degree  in  Aeronautical 
Engineering  at  M.  I.  T. 

David  Leslie  Bruce,  marine  engineer, 
dieci  Sept.  19,  1948,  at  his  home  6447 
Gwin  Road,  Oakland,  Calif.,  where  illness 
had  kept  him  confined  for  three  years. 
The  Class  remembered  him  at  its  40th 
reunion,  and  he  appreciated  our  greetings, 
his  wife  has  written.  At  sea  so  much  of 
his  life,  Bruce  had  few  contacts  with  his 
classmates,  but  they  have  pleasant  rec- 
ollections of  him.  During  the  war  he 
was  Chief  Engineer  of  a  ship  on  the  mili- 
tary supply  run  to  the  South  Pacific. 
1909 

Harper  Goodspeed  has  left  for  Argen- 
tina and  other  countries  in  South  America 
where  he  will  be  until  Dec.  10.  He  has 
received  an  invitation  to  attend  the  South 
American  Botanical  Congress  for  Argen- 
tina and  to  address  scientific  gatherings 
in  various  universities  in  South  .America. 
He  expects  as  well  to  supervise  the  work 
of  the  Fourth  Expedition  to  the  -Andes 
which  is  collecting  plants  in  Chile  and 
Peru. 

Ernest  Hager  recently  had  a  letter  pub- 
lished in  the  Providence  Journal  in  which 
he  called  attention  to  the  increased  north- 
ward range  this  year  of  the  American  and 
snowy  egrets.  These  handsome  birds,  he 
reports,  have  been  seen  as  far  north  as 
Maine. 

"Tink"  Chandler  has  left  the  Washing- 
ton office  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers  and  is  now  at  the  Society's 
Headquarters,  33  W.  39th  St.,  New  York 
City.  His  new  home  address  is  .Apt.  C43, 
Hudson  View  Gardens,  183rd  St.  and 
Pinehurst  .Ave.,  New  York  33,  N.  Y. 

Ed  Hollen  is  President  of  the  Providence 
section  of  the  American  Society  of  Civil 
Engineers,  affiliated  with  the  I^rovidence 
Engineering  Society. 

Pleased  by  the  Kansas  City  Star's  aware- 
ness of  Brown  football  this  fall,  some  of 
the  younger  alumni  in  that  city  wrote  the 


Son  and  Granddaughter 

►  Dr.  Allan  F.  Westcott  '03, 
professor  emeritus  of  the  U.  S. 
Naval  .Academy,  is  especially  proud 
of  his  Freshmen  on  College  Hill  this 
year.  His  son.  Allan  C.  Westcott, 
is  a  member  of  the  Class  of  1952  at 
Brown.  Over  at  Pembroke  in  the 
Freshman  Class  there  is  a  grand 
daughter,  Laura  E.  Martin  of  Ram- 
sey, N.  J.  < 


BROX^N     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


sports  editor.  Plditor  McBride  replied 
that  his  regard  for  Brown  was  high  be- 
cause he  knew  Prof.  Frank  Dennie  of 
Rolla,  Mo. 

Everett  A.  Greene  is  a  new  director  of 
the  Home  for  .Aged  Men  and  .'\ged  Couples 
in  Providence.  Norman  L.  Sammis  '08, 
who  has  ser\ed  for  several  years,  was  re- 
elected to  the  Board.  Edward  S.  Spicer 
'10  is  a  Vice-President. 

Edward  King  Carley  died  in  York  Hos- 
pital in  Pennsylvania  Oct.  12,  1948  at  the 
age  of  61.  His  widow  survives  him 
(Dorothy  B.  Carley)  at  Main  and  Center 
Sts.,  Mt.  Wolf,  Penn.,  and  our  sympathy 
goes  to  her.  Carley  came  to  Brow-n  from 
Rogers  High,  Newport  and  trained  as  an 
engineer.  He  was  in  the  War  Depart- 
ment for  three  years  in  the  U.  S.  Corps  of 
Engineers,  then  worked  for  the  Public 
Service  Corporation  of  New  Jersey.  In 
recent  years  he  has  been  Eastern  District 
Manager  of  Ford  Roofing  Products  Co. 
of  York,  Penn.  His  fraternity  was  Delta 
Tau  Delta. 

1910 

A  dozen  of  the  Class  attended  the  fall 
reunion  Nov.  6.  We  attended  the  foot- 
liall  game,  then  gathered  at  the  home  of 
Ed  Spicer  for  cocktails,  and  moved  to  the 
Pine  Room  of  Faunce  House  for  a  splendid 
dinner.  We  discussed  at  some  length  the 
plans  for  our  40th  reunion.  The  ballots 
from  the  Class  showed  that  a  majority 
favored  a  reunion  with  headquarters  on 
the  campus,  with  side-excursions  else- 
where for  certain  meals,  sports,  and  other 
activities.  Details  are  now  left  in  the  hands 
of  the  Class  Officers.  Those  present  at 
our  dinner:  Ralph  M.  Palmer  of  New  York, 
Rev.  Clifton  H.  Walcott  of  Middleboro, 
and  the  local  delegation — .Andrew  B. 
Comstock,  William  Freeman,  Judge  John 
P.  Hartigan,  Elmer  S.  Horton,  Paul  B. 
Howland,  Harold  T.  Phinney,  Charles  A. 
Post,  Dr.  Lester  A.  Round,  Edward  S. 
Spicer,   and    Claude  M.  Wood. 

A.  B.  c. 

Edward  H.  Mason's  daughter  Joan 
Lippitt  Mason  was  married  on  Sept.  24, 
1948  to  Donald  B.  Dougherty  in  West- 
mount,  Quebec,  Canada.  Both  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Dougherty  are  graduates  of  McGill 
University. 

Prof.  .Albert  A.  Bennett  attended  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  .American  Stand- 
ards .Association  in  New  York  City  in 
October  and  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee of   mathematical   symbols. 

Current  addresses:  Arthur  Draper, 
Rt.  1,  Sarasota,  Fla;  Herman  Copeland, 
Box  863,  Cleveland,  22,  Ohio. 

1911 

Brenton  G.  Smith,  an  aide  in  many  a 
Commencement  procession  down  College 
Hill,  will  this  year  take  over  the  duties  of 
Chief  of  Staff.  He  is  the  executive  officer 
who  serves  to  line  things  up  for  the  Chief 
Marshal.  The  job  is  in  good  hands,  and 
Brent  was  recommended  bv  the  retiring 
Chief  of  Staff,  J.  Cunliflfe  Bullock  '02. 

-Arthur  Palmer,  Jr.,  recent  Brown  grad- 
uate and  son  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  .Arthur 
Palmer,  was  married  Oct.  16,  1948,  to 
Miss  R.  Marilyn  Stevens,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Woodbury-  H.  Stevens  of 
Kennebunkport,  Me.  Young  Palmer,who 
served  in  the  Pacific  with  the  .AAF,  is 
studying  for  an  M.  A.  at  Columbia. 

Parley  Blood  came  into  the  office  in 
September  and  told  us  of  the  arrival  of 
two  new  granddaughters.  Susan  Ayres 
Blood,  born  Nov.  24,  1947  is  the  daughter 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Blood;  and  Karen 


Ann    Blood,   born    May  25,    1948   is  the 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Donald  Blood. 

Charles  Franklin's  daughter  Carol  was 
married  on  .Aug.  14,  1948  to  Joseph  A. 
Northrup,  Jr. 

Charles  F'ranklin  is  living  at  41  Ree- 
land  .Ave.,  .Apponaug,  R,  I.,  where  he  has 
been  in  retirement  since  1940. 

Franklin  Buck  is  District  Engineer  for 
the  Federal  Works  .Agency  in  Columbia, 
S.  C.  His  home  is  at  50  Macaris  -St.,  St. 
.Augustine,  F'la. 

1912 

Rev.  W.  H.  Dinkins,  President  of 
Selma  University  in  Alabama,  received  a 
birthday  present  from  his  students  Oct.  27. 
Actually,  he  was  58  on  June  28,  but  the 
school  hit  upon  the  idea  of  a  synthetic 
birthday  because  it  had  not  been  in  session 
in  June.  The  gift,  presented  in  chapel, 
was  a  Bible  and  four  silver  dollars,  from 
his  students  and  Faculty. 


To  Aid  Chinese  Students 
►  C.  C.  Chen  '15,  Chairman  of  the 
College  of  Natural  Science  in  the 
University  of  Shanghai,  is  agent 
for  the  Brown  Christian  .Association 
in  the  matter  of  its  scholarships  for 
Chinese  students.  Late  in  October 
he  \yrote  to  K.  Brooke  Anderson, 
E.\ecutive  Secretary  of  the  BC.A, 
that  a  check  for  G.  Y.  $3981.50 
had  arrived,  a  payment  on  the 
scholarship  fund  for  1947-48.  He 
voices  appreciation  for  "this  timely 
contribution  for  Shanghai."  ^ 


Frank  A.  Chase  of  Sharon,  Mass.,  is 
District  Engineer  for  the  State  of  Massa- 
chusetts. He  has  a  Brown  man  as  son- 
in-law,  Bill  Roos  '46. 

Dr.  Robert  C.  Dexter  urged  that  the 
cold  war  be  kept  cold  in  an  address  to  the 
Rhode  Island  World  Affairs  Council  on 
Oct.  13.  Dr.  Dexter  is  the  new  executive 
director  of  the  Council. 
1913 

Rabbi  Louis  Newman  had  a  letter  in 
the  New  \'ork  Herald  Tribune  recently 
in  praise  of  .Arthur  Koestler's  article  on 
the  Zionist  leader  \  ladimir  Jabotinsky. 

Clarence  H.  Philbrick  and  Ellis  L.  Yat- 
man  '11  were  among  those  re-elected  in 
November  to  the  Board  of  the  Home  for 
Aged  Men  and  -Aged  Couples  in  Provi- 
dence. 

1914 

District  Judge  Joseph  E.  Cook  was 
chairman  of  the  American  Legion's  1948 
"Salute  to  America"  in  Denver  this  year. 
The  observance  is  an  annual  one  and  at- 
tracted more  than  20,000  persons. 

Miss  Barbara  E.  Files,  daughter  of 
Brig.  Gen.  and  Mrs.  Chester  A.  Files,  has 
graduated  from  the  New  England  Con- 
servatorj-  of  Music.  Chester  A.  Files, 
Jr.,  was  a  June  graduate  from  Princeton. 
The  General  is  the  new  President  of  the 
University  Club  in   Providence. 

Dr.  Edward  A.  McLaughlin,  State 
Health  Director,  also  serves  the  Rhode 
Island  chapter  of  the  National  Founda- 
tion for  Infantile  Paralysis  as  Treasurer. 
Henry  G.  Clark  '07  is  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee. 

James  Tyrell's  daughter  Ruth  -Ann  was 
married  on  Sept.  7,  1948  to  Donald  M. 
Joseph  '48. 

Kirk  Smith  addressed  the  fall  meeting 
of  the  Congregational  Women  of  Rhode 
Island  in  October.  Kirk  is  Chairman  of 
the    Congregational    Church's    e.xecutive 

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committee    for    war    victims    and    recon- 
struction. 

Walter  Deady,  Jr.,   has  joined  his  ac- 
counting practice  with  that  of  Mattison, 
Davey  &  Rader  in  New  York  City. 
1915 

Harold  W.  Tucker  presided  over  a 
community  conference  in  Sayles  Hall  Oct. 
26  to  consider  the  question  "Is  the  System 
under  Which  We  Have  All  Grown  up 
W'orth  Saving?"  The  Associated  Indus- 
tries of  Rhode  Island,  various  Chambers 
of  Commerce,  and  the  NAM  sponsored  a 
series  of  such  meetings,  the  first  of  which 
was  addressed  by  Prof.  Philip  Taft  of 
Brown.  Tucker  is  Vice-President  of  the 
Wallace  and  Tucker  Lumber  Company 
in  Providence. 

Dr.  Edgar  J.  "Spike"  Staff's  football 
career  was  reviewed  in  the  column  "Cap's 
Corner"  in  the  Cranston,  R.  I.  Herald 
News  recently.  Dr.  Staff  is  Chief  of  the 
Division  of  Laboratories  of  the  R.  I.  Divi- 
sion of  Health. 

Royal  Bongartz  is  living  at  9  Lowden 
St.,  Pawtucket.  He  is  in  with  the  Dow 
Jones  organization. 

Eliot  Staples  has  been  appointed  Busi- 
ness Manager  of  Lewis  College  in  Lock- 
port,  111.  .A  recognized  authority  in  all 
phases  of  ground  instruction  in  aviation, 
Eliot  has  established  the  aircraft  and  en- 
gine maintenance  courses  at  Lewis.  For 
two  years  he  not  only  supervised  the  pro- 
gram and  prepared  the  curriculum,  but 
also  assumed  most  of  the  teaching  re- 
sponsibility. 

Edward  W.  Hincks  has  been  elected 
Superintendent  of  the  Calais-Woodland 
School  Union,  in  Maine.  He  has  been 
Superintendent  of  schools  at  Mars  Hill, 
Me.,  for  the  past  five  years. 

New  addresses:  John  Hart,  Pleasant 
St.,  Bedford  Village,  N.  Y.;  Warren  Nor- 
ton, 214  Spring  St.,  Meadville,  Pa. 

1916 

Gen.  William  Curtis  Chase,  Command- 
er of  the  First  Cavalry  Division  in  Tokyo, 
returned  to  the  States  this  fall  to  visit  his 
mother,  convalescing  from  illness  at  her 
Providence  home. 

John  S.  Coleman  is  in  Clarksville, 
Tenn.,  where  he  is  District  Representa- 
tive of  the  Bureau  of  National  Affairs  of 
Washington,  D.  C.  His  Clarksville  ad- 
dress is  532  Main  St. 

Philip  A.  Feiner  was  in  charge  of  speak- 
ers for  the  Town  Meeting  Forum  held  in 
Providence  in  November  to  highlight 
such  civic  problems  as  recreation,  parking, 
traffic,  and  housing.  The  over-all  spon- 
sor was  the  Civic  Planning  and  Traffic 
Board  of  the  Providence  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  in  which  Feiner  is  active. 

The  Peddie  School  devoted  its  Fall 
Homecoming  Oct.  30  to  a  sendoff  to  its 
Headmaster,  Dr.  Wilbour  E.  Saunders, 
who  leaves  after  14  very  successful  years 
to  become  President  of  the  Colgate- 
Rochester  Divinity  School.  The  announce- 
ment of  the  Alumni  Dinner  said:  "All 
of  us  want  to  join  in  expressing  our  appre- 
ciation for  the  fine  job  he  has  done  in 
making  Peddie  one  of  the  outstanding 
preparatory  schools  in  the  country'."  Dr. 
Saunders,  an  annual  chapel  speaker  at 
Brown,  will  continue  to  visit  our  campus 
in  his  new  capacity. 

The  Kansas  City  Star  this  fall  has  given 
favorable  attention  to  Brown's  football 
team,  notice  unusual  in  a  city  so  far  away. 
When  alumni  wrote  their  appreciation. 
Sports  Editor  McBride  said  he  had  thought 
well  of  Brown  University  since  knowing 
Col.  J.   Lindley  Gammell. 


B  R  O  \^  N     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Harold  M.  Messer  is  Associate  Pro- 
fessor of  Biology  at  Gettysburg  College. 
His  address  42  E.  Lincoln  Ave.,  Gettys- 
burg, Pa. 

Francis  C.  Healey's  present  address  is 
250  E.  Maujer  St,.  Valley  Stream,  N.  Y. 

1918 

Chester  M.  Downing,  principal  of  Fair- 
haven,  Mass.,  High  School,  has  advocated 
the  building  of  a  new  Municipal  .Audi- 
torium in  New  Bedford. 

Gurney  Edwards  is  a  new  member  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  General 
Council  of  the  Congregational  Churches 
in  .America.  He  was  unsuccessful  as  a 
candidate  for  the  Rhode  Island  Senate 
from  Providence  in  the  November  elec- 
tion, to  succeed  Harvey  S.  Reynolds  '23. 
He  has  been  active  in  Republican  politics 
for  some  time  and  is  chairnlan  of  the  Sec- 
ond Ward  Republican  Committee  and 
Chairman  of  the  I^egislative  Committee 
of  the  party's  State  Central   Committee. 

Benjamin  H.  Slade,  Deputy  Minority 
Floor  Leader  in  the  R.  L  House  last  year, 
was  re-elected  Representative  from  the 
2nd  District  in  Providence.  He  has  been 
in  the  General  Assembly  since  January, 
1943.  He  is  Secretary  and  Purchasing 
-Agent  for  Westcott,  Slade  &  Balcom  Com- 
pany of  Providence,  paints  and  supplies. 

W.  W.  Chaplin,  president  of  the  Over- 
seas Press  Club,  welcomed  Governor  J. 
Strom  Thurmond  as  the  Dixiecrat  candi- 
date made  his  one  campaign  speech  in  the 
north  at  an  Overseas  Press  Club  luncheon. 
^  R.  .A.  Corvey  of  3449  Peachtree  Road, 
N.  E.,  .Atlanta,  Ga.,  chatted  with  Eugene 
W.  O'Brien  '19  recently  about  his  Brown 
associations.  He  is  the  Southeastern 
District  Manager  for  Westinghouse  Lamp 
Division  of  the  Westinghouse  Electric 
Corporation,  with  headquarters  in  At- 
lanta at  1299  Northside  Drive,  N.  W. 

J.  Harold  Williams  spoke  at  the  October 
18  meeting  of  the  Eden  Park  (R.  L)  PT.A 
on  the  subject:  "Your  Child's  Recreation." 

1919 

Eugene  W.  O'Brien,  past  President  of 
the  .American  Society  of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers, acted  for  .ASME  in  July  when  he 
presented  a  certificate  of  honorary  mem- 
bership to  Secretary  of  State  George  C. 
Marshall.  Gene's  informal  and  witty 
presentation  speech  included  a  proud 
reference  to  the  fact  that  he  and  Genera 
Marshall  were  both  alumni  of  Brown. 
Gene  pointed  out,  however,  that  he  had 
to  pay  for  four  years'  education  to  get  his 
Brown  degree,  while  the  .Secretary's  doc- 
torate was  honorary. 

Thomas  F.  Black,  Jr.,  and  William  H. 
Edwards  were  elected  First  Vice-President 
and  Secretary,  respectively,  of  the  Rhode 
Island  School  of  Design  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  in  No- 
vember. The  officers  include:  Stephen 
O.  Metcalf  '78,  Treasurer;  .Arthur  J. 
Frey  '20,  Assistant  Treasurer;  and  Senator 
Theodore  Francis  C.reen  '87,  Trustee. 

Fred  B.  Perkins  has  been  re-elected 
Vice-President  of  the  Home  for  .Aged  .Men 
and  Aged  Couples  in  Providence. 

Bernard  Pierce  is  Superintendent  of 
School  Union  107  in  Princeton,  Me. 

1920 

William  L.  Dewart  is  with  Herrick, 
Waddell,  and  Reed  Co.  Inc.,  investment 
bankers  at  55  Liberty  St.,  New  York, 
and  lives  across  the  river  at  the  Hotel  St. 
George  in  Brooklyn.  He  spent  56  months 
as  an  Army  Quartermaster  officer,  the  last 
six  on  General  .Mac.Arthur's  staff  in  Tokvo. 


The  Williams  Charm 

►  "W.\s  THERE  a  football  player  at 
Brown  around  your  time  by  the 
name  of  J.  M.  Williams?" 

There  certainly  was,  Laurence  R. 
Smith  '20  of  Hartford  told  an  ac- 
quaintance at  the  Kiwanis  luncheon 
who  asked.  Williams,  a  classmate 
known  to  all  as  "Ink,"  was  one  of 
the  fastest  and  best  ends  in  the 
business. 

It  seemed  that  that  morning  one 
of  his  customers  told  him  of  finding 
years  ago  a  gold  football  charm 
with  the  name  of  J.  M.  Williams  on 
it  and  listing  the  Brown-Harvard 
and  Brown-\'ale  scores  of  that  year. 
He's  had  it  in  his  desk  drawer  for 
many  years  and  was  an.\ious  to 
return  it. 

The  whole  matter  had  been  re- 
called when  the  Hartford  Courant 
had  a  story  on  Levi  Jackson's  elec- 
tion as  A'ale  captain.  The  writer 
recalled  other  Negro  stars,  including 
Fritz  Pollard  and  Ink  Williams. 
The  .Alumni  Office  promptly  re- 
ported Williams'  address:  604  East 
51st  St.,  Chicago  15.  < 


He  is  serving  as  .Secretary  of  his  class  at 
Peddie  School,  from  which  he  and  Art 
Frey  came  to  Brown. 

Dr.  Marshall  N.  Fulton  is  the  new  Chief 
of  Medical  Services  at  the  Rhode  Island 
Hospital  in  Providence.  He  was  toast- 
master  at  the  annual  dinner  of  the  staff 
association  of  the  hospital  in  November. 
.Among  those  honored  at  the  dinner  was 
Dr.  Herman  .A.  Lawson,  Chief  of  Medical 
Services  of  the  Veterans  Administration 
Hospital  in  Providence,  soon  to  open. 
During  the  war  he  was  commanding  officer 
of  the  48th  Evacuation  Hospital  (R.  I. 
Hospital  affiliated  unit),  serving  in  Burma. 

Louis  A.  R.  Fieri  is  a  member  of  the 
Executive  Committee  of  the  Providence 
County  chapter  of  the  National  Founda- 
tion for  Infantile  Paralysis,  as  is  his  wife. 

Ray  Palmer  has  a  new  address  at  62 
Woodcliff  Rd.,  Wellesley  Hills  82,  Mass. 
liay  is  District  Sales  Manager  for  the 
.Aluminum  Company  of  .America  in  Bos- 
ton. 

Dr.  Charles  N.  Arbuckle,  who  received 
an  honorary  degree  in  1920,  is  Lecturer 
in  Homiletics  at  the  Graduate  School  of 
Religion  in  the  LTniversity  of  Southern 
California. 

1921 

Ralph  Standish  manages  the  Osaka, 
Japan,  branch  of  the  National  City  Bank 
of  New  York. 

(leorge  R.  .Ashbey,  .Advertising  Man- 
ager for  Nicholson  File  in  Providence,  is 
deputy  chief  crier  of  the  Town  Criers  of 
Rhode  Island.  Advertising,  sales  and 
education  are  his  fields.  J.  Wilbur  Riker 
'22  is  deputy  ch'ef  crier  in  charge  of 
luncheons. 

George  Macready  has  a  neat  part  in 
"The  Black  Arrow,"  a  picture  made  from 
the  Robert  Louis  Stevenson  story  of  that 
name.  The  picture  had  its  first  showing 
in  New  York  this  fall,  and  the  reviewers 
liked  it. 

Dr.  Robert  R.  Baldridge  has  moved  his 
office  to  192  .Angell  St.,  Providence,  but 
he  continues  to  live  at  25  Charles  Field 
St.,  which  makes  us  in  .Alumni  House 
neighbors  in  the  same  block  on  Brown  St. 

New  addresses:  Laurence  Foote,  115 
Carpenter  .Ave.,  Crestwood,  N.  Y.;  F.  W. 


Buswcll,  386  W.   Oakland  Ave.,    Doyles- 
town,  Pa. 

1922 

Dr.  Roger  W.  Nelson  is  with  the  Vet- 
erans .Administration  in  White  River 
Junction,  Vt. 

Laurence  S.  Day  is  with  W.  F.  Schrafft 
&  Sons  Corporation  (Schrafft 's  Choco- 
lates) at  Sullivan  Square,  Boston  29.  He 
lives  in  Melrose  Highlands. 

Joseph  W.  Scharf,  long  with  the  Tropi- 
cana  I^rocessing  Company  in  Cuba,  has 
left  the  concern.  He's  back  in  New  York 
at  180  West  58th  St. 

Da\id  B.  Shurtleff,  son  of  Bertrand  L. 
Shurtleff  and  a  graduate  of  St.  George's 
School,  Newport,  is  a  Freshman  at  Har- 
vard, having  been  awarded  a  University 
scholarship. 

Theodore  L.  Sweet  has  been  with  the 
EC.A  since  .April,  finding  the  work  a  nat- 
tural  counterpart  of  what  he  did  in  Wash- 
ington during  the  war  and  in  (iermany 
with  the  .AMG.  He  is  back  in  W'ashing- 
ton  in  connection  with  his  new  duties. 

"Geology  Moves  Ahead"  was  the  head- 
line on  an  article  in  the  Lehigh  Alumni 
Bulletin  recently.  Illustrating  it  was  a 
photo  of  Prof.  I^awrence  Whitcomb  plan- 
ning a  field  trip  to  the  wilds  of  Bucks 
County  with  his  students.  The  article 
notes  that  he  is  President  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania .Academy  of  Science  and  has  con- 
tributed papers  to  learned  journals.  The 
Department  at  Lehigh  is  headed  by  Dr. 
Bradford  Willard,  a  member  of  the  Brown 
Faculty  from  1923-30  before  returning  to 
his  alma  mater. 

Ronald  Belcher  has  a  new  address: 
North  St.  and  County  Rd.,  Mattapoisett, 
Mass. 

1923 

John  B.  .Applegate  has  practiced  law 
for  20  years  as  Besson  &  .Applegate  at 
1  Newark  St.,  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  Judge  Bes- 
son having  died  shortly  after  taking  the 
young  man  in  as  a  junior  partner.  Now 
Jack  has  opened  an  additional  office  for 
the  general  practice  of  law  at  78  Main  St., 
Madison,  N.  J.,  the  town  of  his  residence. 
He  asks  us  to  spread  the  word  that  he  is 
alive  and  well,  inasmuch  as  his  fraternity 
magazine  gave  him  a  listing  among  the 
obits  in  October.  "I  had  always  hoped 
that  I  might  some  day  be  considered  in  a 
class  with  Chauncey  DePew,"  he  writes, 
"but  I  never  thought  I  would  achieve 
such  equality  in  this  fashion."  Red 
Bleakney  was  one  who  phoned  to  check. 

Paul  E.  Boughton  is  manager  of  the 
Montgomery  Ward  Store  in  Olean,  N.  Y. 
It  was  to  him  that  John  Dake,  who  played 
on  the  baseball  Varsity  last  spring,  re- 
ported when  he  joined  the  Montgomery 
Ward  organization. 

Ralph  D.  Greene  is  with  the  American 
Cyanamid  Co.  at  Bound  Brook,  N.  J.  He 
is  living  on  the  Washington  Valley  Rd., 
Martinsville,  N.  J. 

Bob  Carrigan  is  chief  chemist  for  Llnion 
Wadding  Co.  in  Pawtucket. 

Clarence  Day's  son  Philip  is  enrolled 
as  a  freshman  at  the  LTniversity  of  Maine. 

George  C.  Johnstone,  Jr.,  is  Vice-Presi- 
dent of  the  American  Bank  Credit  Plan, 
sponsored  by  the  .American  Installment 
Credit  Corporation  at  103  Park  Ave., 
New  York  17.  This  represents  a  change 
of  address  from  the  Graybar  Building. 

Theodore  R.  JefTers  is  Vice-President 
of  The  Players  of  Providence. 

Dr.  Wallace  Lisbon  was  one  of  the  spe- 
cial   guests    when    Rhode  Island    Polish- 


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BROWN    ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Americans  obserxed  "Justice  for  Poland 
Day"  and  urged  strong  action  against 
Soviet  aggression. 

Lawrence  A.  McCarthy,  Independent 
candidate  for  Mayor  of  Pawtucket,  made 
a  lively  campaign  of  it  and  ran  a  strong 
second  in  a  three-man  contest. 

It's  good  news  that  Philip  G.  Welch  has 
recovered  from  the  illness  that  made  him 
miss  our  reunion.  He's  bought  a  house 
in  Warwick  and  now  gets  his  mail  at  18 
Shippen  Ave.,  Spring  Green,  Providence 
5,  R.  I. 

Current  addresses:  Harris  Anthony, 
1675  Ridgeway  PI.,  Columbus,  Ohio; 
Bob  Fosdick,  1385  Burdette  Ave.,  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio;  Harold  Briggs,  141  Hudson 
Ave.,  Chatham,  N.  Y.;  Alden  Hays, 
Lindell  Hotel,  Lincoln,  Neb. 
1924 

H.  Allen  Grimwood,  President  of  the 
Pawtu.xet  Marine  Corporation,  is  chair- 
man of  the  executive  committee  of  a 
neighborhood  group  to  develop  and  im- 
prove Pawtuxet  Cove  as  a  harbor  of  refuge 
and  a  yachting  center.  (Prof.  Leighton 
T.  Bohl  '13  is  another  member.)  "A 
House  That  Yodels"  was  the  headline  on 
a  full-page  feature  on  the  new  Warwick 
Neck  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grimwood 
in  a  recent  Providence  Sunday  Journal. 
It  is  a  handsome  chalet  patterned  after  a 
200-year-old  Swiss  farmhouse  and  closely 
follows  the  original. 

Marylyn  Monk,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Jack  Monk  of  Winnetka,  111.,  is  the 
President  of  the  Freshman  Class  at  Pem- 
broke this  fall. 

Quentin  Reynolds'  by-line  appears 
more  frequently  in  Collier's  magazine 
these  days.  One  fine  story  was  a  report 
on  the  Berlin  airlift.  Quent  was  one  of 
the  three  judges  who  selected  "The  Best 
Sports  Stories  of  1948"  for  the  annual 
book. 

Robert  E.  Soellner  turned  out  for  the 
Peddie  alumni  dinner  in  San  Francisco 
recently,  and  The  Peddie  Chronicle  noted : 
"From  the  messages  he  sent  back  via  Don 
Rich,  he  hasn't  changed  a  bit — still  piling 
it  high  and  deep." 


Akeley's  Explosion 

►  "It  was  the  kind  of  explosion 
that  occasionally  shatters  the  peace 
and  quiet  of  a  U.  S.  campus,"  said 
Time.  "A  popular  teacher  had 
been  fired,  students  picketed  in  his 
defense,  and  in  the  flame  and  smoke 
of  controversy  it  soon  became  hard 
to  tell  who  was  right,  or  what  the 
shooting  was  about." 

The  college  was  Olivet,  in  Michi- 
gan, where  T.  Barton  Akeley  '23 
had  taught  political  science  for  12 
years.  He  admitted  that  he  had  a 
"general  disposition  to  be  critical." 
Targets  included  fraternities  and 
intercollegiate  athletics.  Though 
very  popular  with  the  students, 
.Akeley  was  informed  by  Olivet's 
new  President  that  he  and  Mrs. 
Akeley,  the  college  librarian,  "had 
fulfilled  their  usefulness."  Claiming 
that  academic  freedom  was  at 
stake,  a  quarter  of  the  student  body 
picketed  the  President  and  refused 
to  register.  Alumni  as  far  away 
as  New  York  organized  to  tight  for 
tenure  protection  for  Olivet's  fac- 
ulty and  to  safeguard  the  college's 
"liberal    educational    methods." 

Groups  in  Chicago  and  Detroit 
also  took  up  the  cause.  ■< 


Judson  Site  Consecrated 

►  Judson  Housh,  the  Maiden  birth- 
place of  .-Xdoniram  Judson,  Brown 
1807,  was  consecrated  during  the 
146th  annual  session  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Baptist  Convention  in 
October.  It  was  appropriate  that 
the  dedication  speaker  should  be 
Saw  Tun  Shein  of  Burma,  in  which 
land  the  famous  missionary  labored 
with  such  distinction.  .Another  who 
appeared  before  the  Convention 
was  Dr.  W.  E.  Braisted  '27  of  South 
China,  who  spoke  at  the  Fellowship 
Dinner  for  Men  as  well  as  at  one 
of  the  general  sessions.  -4 


Carl  Snow's  daughter  Katherine  is  en- 
rolled in  the  Freshman  class  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maine. 

1925 

Dr.  Gordon  Keith  Chalmers,  President 
of  Kenyon  College,  is  chairman  of  the 
Commission  on  Liberal  Education  of  the 
Association  of  American  Colleges.  We 
hear  he  has  added  painting  to  his  ac- 
complishments and  hobbies.  (Non  sequi- 
tur?  Sure.  We  were  just  interested  in 
both  points  and  hope  you  are.) 

John  A.  French  is  living  at  2013  Hillyer 
Place,  N.  W.,  in  Washington.  He  is  re- 
search assistant  in  the  Construction  and 
Civic  Development  Department  of  the 
United  States  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Marvin  Bower  has  already  gone  to  work 
on  the  program  for  the  1949  Alumni  Day 
at  the  Harvard  Business  School,  of  which 
he  is  chairman.  Its  theme  will  be  "De- 
veloping Business  Leadership  " 

A.  B.  Gordon,  Process  Supervisor  at 
the  Philadelphia  plant  of  the  Linde  Air 
Products  Company,  was  interested  re- 
cently to  learn  of  the  affiliation  of  three 
recent  Brown  graduates  as  engineers  in 
the  company  laboratory. 

Robert  L.  Rockefeller  is  living  on 
Buena  Vista  Ave.,  Rumson,  N.  J.  He  is 
an  estate,  trust  and  tax  accounting  con- 
sultant in  New  York  City. 

Hugo  Levander  is  now  teaching  German 
at  Classical  High  School  in  Providence. 
He  had  been  teaching  languages  at  the 
Mt.  Pleasant  High  School  for  the  past 
six  years. 

Harry  A.  Soper,  Jr.,  is  now  with  the 
Scoville  Mfg.  Co.  in  Cleveland. 

The  class  extends  its  sympathy  to  Brad- 
ford F.  Oxnard,  whose  wife,  Mrs.  Estelle 
O.vnard,  died  in  Providence  on  Sept.  18. 

1926 

Arthur  Hassell  and  family  have  re- 
turned from  a  two-year  stay  in  Argentina. 
Arthur  has  been  transferred  to  the  Head 
Office  of  the  Coca-Cola  Export  Corpora- 
tion in  New  York  City  and  has  been  named 
Assistant  to  the  Vice-President  in  charge 
of  the  European  area.  The  Hassells  have 
a  new  address:  133  E.  Garden  Rd.,  Larch- 
mont,  N.  Y. 

Walter  Weber  is  Supervisor  of  Plan- 
ning and  Control  for  the  John  A.  Roeb- 
lings  Sons  Co.  in  Trenton,  N.  J.  He  is 
living  on  W.  School  Lane,  Yardley,  Pa. 

Alfred  Gienow  is  Project  Manager  for 
James  Stewart  &  Co.,  Inc.,  in  New  York 
City.  His  home  address:  749  Kinder- 
kamack  Rd.,  River  Edge,  N.  J. 

H.  Cushman  Anthony,  Assistant  Scout 
Executive  of  the  Narragansett  Council, 
Boy  Scouts  of  America,  was  a  member  of 
a  panel  on  recreation,  which  provided 
the  topic  for  the  first  of  a  series  of  "town 
meeting    forums"    in    Providence    which 


brought  public  attention  to  various  civic 
problems.  He  has  a  new  home  address: 
15  Euclid  .Ave. 

James  M.  Barry  was  pleasantly  sur- 
prised to  see  the  Brown  Bear  in  the  New 
Orleans  Times-Picayune.  It  was  the 
widely  reproduced  photo  of  the  Brown 
mascot  and  the  big  stufTed  Kodiak  pre- 
sented by  the  Middle  West  alumni  in 
October.  Jim,  who  works  for  the  .Amer- 
ican Sugar  Refining  Company  at  120  Wall 
St.,  New  York,  was  in  New  Orleans  to 
visit  the  company's  office  and  refinery. 

Ralph  R  Crosby,  "youngest  bank  presi- 
dent in  New  England,"  was  the  speaker 
at  the  first  annual  dinner  of  the  R.  I. 
State  Association  of  Real  Estate  Boards 
in  October.  His  topic:  "Mortgage  Finan- 
cing and  Allied  Subjects."  He  is  Presi- 
dent of  the  Old  Colony  Co-operative  Bank 
in  Providence. 

Harold  K.  Kaufman  is  a  new  member 
of  the  New  York  Brown  Club. 

By  way  of  George  Lo\eridge  comes 
word  that  Gerald  A.  Higgins  has  left  the 
Boston  Consolidated  Gas  Company  in 
order  to  devote  himself  exclusively  to  his 
free-lance  writing.  He  has  published  the 
house-organ  of  the  Gas  Company  and 
been  active  in  other  phases  of  its  public 
relations.  The  Higginses  are  living  in 
Dover,  Mass.,  on  Pleasant  St. 

Dr.  James  L.  Hanley,  Superintendent 
of  Schools  in  Providence,  announced  in 
November  that  he  was  going  to  nominate 
Elmer  R.  Smith,  supervisor  of  curriculum 
in  the  department  to  be  Assistant  Super- 
intendent of  Schools. 

Current  addresses:  Dr.  James  C.  Calla- 
han, 10  Bull  St.,  Newport,  R.  I.;  William 
Dee,  340  Court  St.,  Auburn,  Me.;  Paul 
Williams,  82  Bound  Brook  Rd.,  Newton 
Highlands,  Mass.;  Dr.  William  H.  Weid- 
man,  RED  8  Scotland  Rd.,  Norwich- 
town,  Conn.;  Paul  MacKay,  Main  St., 
Hope  Valley,  R.  I.;  John  Hunt,  93  Hillside 
Ave.,  Verona,  N.  J. 

1927 

Lt.  Col.  Franklin  Miller,  USN,  is  sta- 
tioned at  the  U.  S.  Consulate  in  Casa- 
blanca, French  Morocco. 

Linus  Travers  has  elected  to  remain  at 
headquarters  of  the  Yankee  Network  in 
Boston  because  of  Yankee  plans  for  ex- 
pansion, the  Mutual  Broadcasting  System 
announced  early  in  November,  after  MBS 
had  beckoned  to  him  for  a  top-level  vice- 
presidency. 

Frederick  Bernays  Wiener  left  the  Gov- 
ernment service  this  fall  to  become  a  mem- 
ber of  the  new  law  firm  of  Keenan,  Kanfer, 
Wiener  &  Murphy,  with  offices  at  820 
Woodward  Building  in  Washington,  D.C. 
He  had  been  Assistant  to  the  Solicitor 
General  of  the  United  States.  Fritz  first 
went  to  Washington  in  1933  as  attorney 
examiner  and  executive  assistant  in  the 
Federal  Emergency  Administration  of 
Public  Works  and  served  in  a  number  of 
important  civil  and  military  posts. 

Lewis  Wilson  is  Secretary  of  the  Wilson 
and  English  Construction  Co.  in  New 
York  City.  His  home  address:  Box  240, 
Lincolndale,  N.  Y. 

Don  C.  Brewer,  a  resident  of  Cranston 
since  1937,  is  a  member  of  the  tax  assess- 
ment Board  of  Review  in  that  city. 

Arnold  K.  Brown,  Vice-President  of 
Brown  &  Sharpe  Mfg.  Co.,  went  to  De- 
troit last  summer  to  close  the  deal  in  which 
the  company  bought  the  Johansson  Gage 
Division  of  the  Ford  Motor  Co.  The  Jo- 
hansson blocks  are  spoken  of  as  "the 
world's  most  accurate  standards  of  meas- 
urement." 


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BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Robert  Smith's  "Baseball"  was  dis- 
cussed recently  on  the  NBC  program 
"Author  Meets  the  Critics."  Bill  Veeck, 
President  of  the  Cleveland  Indians  base- 
ball team  and  Russell  Maloney,  writer, 
were  on  the  bill. 

Gardner  C.  Hudson  has  been  appointed 
News  Editor  of  Railway  Age,  marking  his 
return  to  this  publication  with  which  he 
was  affiliated  in  the  '30s.  The  publisher 
is  the  Simmons-Boardman  Corporation, 
30  Church  St.,  New  York  7.  His  faniih 
moved  down  from  Massachusetts  this  fall 
to  take  up  residence  at  153  Hamilton  Rd., 
Ridgewood,  N.  J.  Gardner  has  been  in 
Fitchburg,  Mass.,  for  three  years  winding 
up  some  postwar  family  business  following 
his  mother's  death.  A  gift  to  Brown  has 
been  archives  material  relating  to  his 
father,  the  late  Gardner  Kirk  Hudson  '96 
and  the  late  Asa  E.  Stratton  '73. 

Several  of  the  class  attended  the  25tb 
reunion  of  the  Class  of  1923  at  Classical 
High  School,  Providence.  Arnold  K. 
Brown  is  permanent  Class  President, 
Others  who  joined  the  group  were:  Fred 
H.  Barrows,  Jr.,  Irving  G.  Loxley,  G.  R. 
Haslam,  Edmund  Wexler,  Merrill  Chase, 
Dr.  Charles  Spacagna,  J.  M.  McGregor, 
and  Roger  M.  Scott. 

Victor  Hill  was  guest  editor  of  the 
Providence  Journal's  radio  department 
while  the  editor  was  on  vacation  this  fall. 
He  also  contributes  frequently  to  the 
principal  column  on  radio,  writing  enter- 
tainingly and  pointedly. 

Current  address:  Jacob  Warren,  59 
Palm  St.,  Hartford,  Conn. 

1928 

Earl  H.  Bradley  is  President  of  the 
Parents'  Association  of  the  Gordon  School 
of  Providence.  His  Vice-President  is 
Bradford  G.  Woolley  '29.  The  Parents' 
Association  now  owns  and  operates  the 
School.  Dr.  Francis  H.  Chafee  '27  is  a 
Trustee  without  portfolio,  as  are  H.  Cush- 
man  Anthony  '26  and  Henry  D.  Sharpe, 
Jr.  '45. 

Alexander  Buchmann  is  in  the  invest- 
ment business  in  Los  Angeles.  His  home 
address  is  815  Glenmont  Ave.,  Los  Angeles. 

Rev.  H.  Glenn  Payne,  pastor  of  the 
Pawtuxet  Baptist  Church  for  11  years 
and  a  specialist  in  church  schools,  has 
begun  new  duties  as  Director  of  Christian 
Education  under  the  Massachusetts  Bap- 
tist Convention.  In  addition  to  service  on 
Rhode  Island  committees,  he  was  active 
in  the  Church  School  Enlargement  Pro- 
gram for  the  denomination.  In  addition 
to  his  Brown  A.  B.  and  A.  M.,  he  holds 
a  B.  D.  from  Andover  Newton,  and  did 
other  graduate  work  at  the  American 
School  of  Oriental  Research  in  Jerusalem 
on  the  J.  Spencer  Turner  Fellowship.  In 
1946  he  spent  two  months  working  with 
the  Brethren  Service  Committee  in  the 
shipping  of  "Heifers  for  Relief'to  Europe, 
in  the  course  of  which  he  visited  North 
Germany.  In  Rhode  Island  he  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  Interfaith  Commission  for 
Social  .\ction  and  of  the  Ministers  Union. 
In  the  family  are  two  boys  and  a  girl;  his 
wife  is  the  former  Florence  May  Carlile, 
whom  he  married  in  1935. 

J.  Saunders  Redding  is  the  author  of 
"Portrait  of  W.  E.  B.  Dubois,"  which 
appears  in  the  Winter  Number  of  The 
American  Scholar.  The  ad  reads:  "The 
personal  portrait  of  one  of  the  greatest 
Negro  figures  of  this  country,  by  the  first 
Negro  ever  to  win  the  Mayflower  Award 
in  North  Carolina." 


REVOLUTIONARY  RELIC:  From  the  Archives  of  the  British  Admiralty 
this  fall  to  the  John  Carter  Brown  Library  came  three  copperplates,  from 
which  navigational  charts  of  Narragansett  Bay  had  been  engraved  in  1775. 
British  Vice-Consul  Parkyns  made  the  presentation  to  Dr.  Wriston.  Li- 
brarian Lawrence  C.  Wroth,  left,  is  also  shown  inspecting  one  of  the  plates 
for  the  "Atlantic  Neptune."  The  Library's  copy  of  the  work,  one  of  the 
best  extant,  was  part  of  an  impressive  exhibition  of  pertinent  treasures 
arranged  for  the  occasion. 


M.  Imbrie  Packard  is  Secretary,  Pur- 
chasing Agent,  and  Sales  Manager  for 
Crafts,  Inc.,  in  Providence.  He  is  living 
at  261  President  Ave. 

Henry  Shailer  is  Design  Analyst  for  the 
LInited  Aircraft  Corporation  in  East  Hart- 
ford. His  home  address  is  Durham, 
Conn. 

Walter  Brownsword  is  head  of  the  Eng- 
lish Department  at  Central  High  School 
in  Providence.  He  was  the  leader  in  the 
strike  last  May  in  which  1200  teachers  in 
the  city  system  walked  out  for  two  days 
and  succeeded  in  gaining  its  salary  de- 
mands. 

Frederic  W.  Collins  of  the  Providence 
Journal  was  one  of  the  Washington  cor- 
respondents who  was  invited  by  News- 
week Magazine  to  take  part  in  its  pre- 
election survey  of  the  presidential  contest. 
Warren  B.  Francis  of  the  Los  Angeles 
Times  was  another. 

John  M.  Heffernan,  Athletic  Director 
at  Norwich  University,  wrote  in  the  Nor- 
wich Record  recently  of  the  improvements 
put  into  effect  in  the  athletic  plant  there 
in  late  months. 

Stanley  H.  Smith,  Jr.,  is  Secretary  of 
The  Players  of  Providence,  dramatic  or- 
ganization in  which  he  and  his  wife  (the 
former  Helen  Hackney)  have  been  active 
for  a  number  of  years. 

Frank  Singiser  advertised  the  opening 
of  his  Mountain  Meadow  House,  serving 
the  public  near  Brandon,  Vt.,  on  Oct.  23. 
It  is  located  on  Route  F-10  on  top  of 
Miller  Hill,  four  miles  west  of  Brandon. 
The  notice  in  the  Rutland  Herald  cited  a 
new  dining  room,  lounge,  anti  sports  room, 
selected  dinners  "from  $1.75,"  and  a  fine 
stock  of  wines  and  liquors. 

Mark  D.  McClain  is  among  the  new 
members  of  the  New  York  Brown  Club. 

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Current  addresses:  Robert  Henderson, 
994  Hazel  Place,  Rahway,  N.  J.;  Louis  E. 
Scherck,  820  Esperson  BIdg.,  Houston, 
Tex.;  Joseph  Hyman,  2551  44th  .■\ve., 
San  Francisco. 

1929 

Charles  B.  Leonard,  who  has  been 
Superintendent  of  Schools  in  Little  Comp- 
ton,  R.  I.,  for  10  years,  has  gone  on  to  the 
town  of  Scituate  in  the  same  State  where 
he  will  supervise  the  education  of  500 
students  a  year,  200  more  than  in  Little 
Compton.  Hoping  to  persuade  him  to 
return  to  Little  Compton,  its  school  com- 
mittee has  given  him  a  year's  leave  of 
absence,  and  his  wife  and  son  will  con- 
tinue to  live  in  the  Leonard  house  there. 
The  Newport  County  Sentinel  said  in 
October:  "He  has  allied  himself  with  some 
15  organizations,  locally  and  professionally 
— and  he  is  going  to  be  missed,  sadly. 
Superintendent  Leonard  is  a  fine  example 
of  what  Brown  University  means  to 
Rhode  Island." 

The  firm  name  is  Smith  &  Botelle.  In 
it  .'\rchie  Smith  and  four  associates  are 
banded  for  the  general  practice  of  law  at 
528-530  Industrial  Trust  Bldg.,  Provi- 
dence. 

Walter  Fisher  is  Public  Relations  As- 
sistant for  the  New  York  Telephone  Co. 
in  New  York  City.  He  is  living  at  227 
Euston  Rd.,  Garden  City,  N.  Y. 

Ralph  Sterritt  is  manager  of  the  Mont- 
gomery Ward  store  in  Meadville,  Penn. 

Lt.  Col.  Paul  Waterman,  co-pilot  of  the 
C-47  plane  which  crashed  at  Chanute  Air 
Base,  111.,  Oct.  21,  was  one  of  the  three 
fatalities  in  the  accident.  The  son  of  the 
late  Stephen  Waterman  '86  and  Mrs. 
Waterman,  he  has  been  in  the  Army  since 
graduation,  accepted  then  as  a  flying 
cadet  at  the  Army  Air  Base  in  San  An- 


BROWN     ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


tonio.  His  fraternity  at  Brown  was  Psi 
Upsilon.  His  body  was  brought  to  Swan 
Point  Cemeten,-  in  Providence  for  a  niili- 
tani'  funeral  and  burial.  His  sur\ivors  are; 
his  mother,  his  widow  and  daughter 
Shirley;  his  brother,  Stephen  Waterman 
'29  of  Burlington,  \t.;  and  his  sister,  Mrs, 
Vernon  G.  Taylor  of  Silver  Springs,  Md. 
Current  addresses;  J.  H.  Dreasen,  29 
Clover  Ave.,  Floral  Park,  L.  I.,  N.  Y.; 
William  C.  Gegler,  Jr.,  1059  Palmetto 
St.,  JVIobile,  Ala. 

1930 

Virgil  S.  Viets  is  teaching  in  Hartford 
High  School,  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  living 
at  30  Town  ley  St. 

Garrett  Hollihan's  father,  Garrett  E. 
Hollihan,  died  in  Providence  Oct.  14.  We 
were  sorr\'  to  read  of  his  loss. 

James  Leavitt  is  manager  of  the  May- 
fair  Baby  Shop  in  Brockton,  Mass.  He 
asks  for  his  mail  at  home,  39  Wyman  St. 

Don  Flynn  has  joined  the  New  York 
Brown  Club. 

The  Post  Office  reports  Ernest  L. 
Greenleese  at  333  Sunset  Rd.,  West  Read- 
ing, Penn.:  George  W.  Cross  at  2920 
Aberdeen  Ave.,  Hoquiam,  Wash. 

1931 

Rev.  Elden  G.  Bucklin,  active  in  Rhode 
Island  church  and  Grange  affairs  for  22 
years,  resigned  his  pastorate  of  the  Che- 
pachet  Union  Church  this  summer  and  is 
the  new  pastor  of  the  United  Church  in 
Colchester,  Vt.  While  in  Chepachet,  Mr. 
Bucklin  had  received  national  citations 
for  his  work  as  an  outstanding  rural  min- 
ister. 

Francis  D.  Gurll  is  a  new  master  at 
Avon  Old  Farms  School,  Avon,  Conn., 
with  certain  administrative  duties  as  well 
and  leadership  in  the  athletic  program. 
He  was  last  year  at  the  Berkshire  School 
and  took  summer  studies  at  Yale. 

H  P.  Lovecraft,  who  used  to  live  in  the 
house  in  back  of  the  John  Hay  and  the 
Phi  Delt  House,  has  emerged  as  a  literary 
figure  of  importance  in  recent  years.  Al- 
though he  died  in  1937,  the  Lovecraft 
legend  has  outstripped  the  weird  stories 
that  he  wrote.  One  of  those  most  re- 
sponsible for  the  revival  of  interest  in  this 
provocative  genius  is  Winfield  Townley 
Scott,  poet  and  literary  editor  of  the 
Providence  Journal.  He  was  a  recent 
speaker  at  the  Pro\idence  Art  Club  on 
"The  Excavation  of  H.   P.  Lovecraft." 

Vincent  A.  McKivergan  is  the  choice  of 
the  Providence  Superintendent  of  Schools 
to  be  Director  of  the  Personnel  Office  in 
the  department.  McKivergan  is  currently 
head  of  social  studies  at  Central  High 
School. 

Joseph  Schein  was  the  candidate  of  the 
Progressive  Party  lor  Lieutenant  Governor 
of  Rhode  Island  in  the  recent  election. 
He  is  in  the  attendance  department  of  the 
Providence  school  system,  having  pre- 
viously taught  and  coached  at  Hope  High 
School. 

Alden  R.  Walls  is  the  Commodore  of 
the  Rhode  Island  Yacht  Club.  His  Nina 
was  again  one  of  the  leaders  in  S-Class 
racing  in  Narragansett  Bay  last  summer. 
It  was  the  1947  champion. 

Steve  Shamosky  is  selling  for  the  W.  F. 
Schrafft  Corporation  in  Boston.  He  is 
living  at  38  Starrett  Rd.,  Lynn,  Mass. 

Dr.  Milton  Korb,  one  of  the  four  Rhoae 
Island  physicians  who  died  in  military 
ser\ice  during  World  War  II,  was  recently 
commemorated  with  the  dedication  of  a 
bronze  tablet  in  the  R.  I.  Medical  Society 
Library. 


Ralph  Wescott  is  teaching  science  in 
the  Somerset  High  School,  Somerset, 
Mass.  His  home  is  in  Fall  River,  at  631 
Maple  St. 

New  addresses:  Robert  Newman,  316 
W.  79th  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y.;  Carl  Cas- 
par, R.  F.  D.  1,  Exeter,  N.  H.;  Harold 
Arthur,  25  Bretton  Woods  Drive,  Cran- 
ston 9,  R.  L;  Richard  Bowen,  412  Hos- 
pital Trust  Bldg.,  Providence  3,  R.  I.;  Dr. 
Mortimer  Burger,  Wales  Garden  Apts., 
Apt.  A,  Pickens  and  Heyward  Sts.,  Col- 
umbia, S.  C;  Daniel  Rhee,  Chestnut  and 
Summer  St.,  Rehoboth,  Mass. 
1932 

Comdr.  Delbert  S.  Wicks  has  been 
named  Electronics  Officer  on  the  staff  of 
Adm.   Blandy,  commander-in-chief  of  the 


Daughters  at  Pembrolfe 

►  Newcomers  to  Pembroke  College 
this  fall  included  many  with  earlier 
relationships  to  Brown.  Freshmen 
whose  fathers  are  Brown  men  in- 
clude; Judith  B.  Brown  of  Provi- 
dence, daughter  of  Morris  H. 
Brown  '19;  Patricia  C.  Cruise  of 
West  Orange,  N.  J.,  daughter  ol 
W.  Elliott  Cruise  '26;  Nancy  St.  J. 
Denison  of  Millertown,  N.  Y., 
daughter  of  Clark  H.  Denison  '20; 
Dorothy  J.  DeRaffaele  of  Provi- 
dence, daughter  of  Benjamin  A. 
DeRaffaele  '26;  Virginia  Anne  Mar- 
tin of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  daughter  of  Carl 
E.  Martin  '23;  Marylynn  Monk  of 
Winnetka,  111.,  daughter  of  John  J. 
Monk  '24;  Barbara  L.  Mosley  of 
Rye,  N.  Y.,  daughter  of  George  E. 
Mosley  '28;  Jane  Ann  Nispel  of 
Melrose,  Mass.,  daughter  of  Alfred 
C.  Nispel  '26;  Beverly  M.  Partridge 
of  Pawtucket,  daughter  of  Lloyd 
M.  Partridge  '28;  Patricia  A.  Rey- 
nolds of  Pawtucket,  daughter  of 
Eugene  F.  Reynolds  '25.  ^ 


Atlantic  Fleet.  Del  has  been  in  charge 
of  the  installation  of  radio,  radar,  and 
sonar  equipment  at  the  Providence  Naval 
and  Marine  Corps  Reserve  Training  Cen- 
ter. 

Charlie  Lounsbury  is  managing  the 
Milford  Grain  Co.  in  Milford,  Mass.  His 
home  there  is  on  Fresh  Meadow  Lane. 

Richard  A.  Hurley,  Jr.,  President  of 
the  R.  I.  State  Association  of  Real  Estate 
Boards,  presided  over  the  group's  first 
annual  dinner  in  October. 

Bill  Koster  recently  addressed  the  West- 
erly Lions  Club  on  the  subject  "FM — A 
New  and  Better  Kind  of  Broadcasting." 
Bill  manages  Station  WPJB  in  Providence. 

Daniel  Kauffman  is  practicing  chiropody 
at  801  Park  Ave.,  Cranston.  He  is  a 
member  and  director  of  the  R,  I.  Chirop- 
odist Society  and  has  been  President  for 
three  years  of  the  Cranston  Chamber  of 
Commerce. 

Abraham  Lubchansky  is  practicing  law 
in  New  London,  Conn.  His  home  there  is 
at  105  Oneco  Ave. 

New  addresses:  Ed  Collins,  18  Rose 
Lane,  West  Barrington,  R.  I.;  Rev.  Fred- 
eric Williams,  4723  48th  Ave.  So.,  Seattle, 
Wash.;  Forest  C.  Pearson,  5670  Wilshire 
Blvd.,   Los  Angeles. 

1933 

Roland  K.  Brown,  Athletic  Director 
at  Rensselaer  Poly,  went  to  England  last 
summer  when  the  R.  P.  I.  team  was  se- 
lected to  represent  the  United  States  in  a 
lacrosse  exhibition  at  the  Olympic  games. 

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William  W.  .-XUyn  has  been  made  man- 
ager of  the  Marlboro,  Mass  ,  area  of  the 
New  England  Telephone  and  Telegraph 
Co.  Bill  has  been  with  the  telephone 
company  for  15  years  and  has  recently 
completed  a  special  course  in  managerial 
problems. 

David  L.  Stackhouse  had  a  good  column 
in  the  Providence  Journal  recently  as  a 
guest  editor  while  the  radio  editor  was  on 
holiday. 

George  Syat  is  working  in  Boston  for 
the  New  Haven  Railroad;  he  is  Assistant 
Division  Accountant  at  South  Station. 
George  sends  a  new  address;  8  Samoset 
Ave.,  Mansfield,  Mass. 

Norman  J.  Blair  is  Director  of  Student 
Personnel  at  the  Green  Mountain  Junior 
College  in  Poultney,  Vermont.  His  ad- 
dress there  is  11  Rae  Terrace. 

Bill  Hussey  has  a  new  address  at  387 
High  St.,  Fall  River,  Mass. 

1934 

Since  his  retirement  from  Government 
service,  Edward  J.  Hickey,  Jr.,  has  been 
a  new  partner  in  the  Washington  law  firm 
of  Mulholland,  Robie,  McEwen  &  Hickey, 
with  offices  in  the  Tower  Building  and  a 
branch  in  Toledo.  He  had  been  a  special 
assistant  to  Attorney  General  Tom  C. 
Clark,  who  said  in  accepting  his  resigna- 
tion: "I  accept  it  with  considerable  re- 
luctance, realizing  nonetheless  the  at- 
tractions which  lie  outside  the  Govern- 
ment for  a  man  of  your  initiative  and 
experience.  I  recall  your  early  associa- 
tion with  the  Antitrust  Division,  where 
you  began  your  professional  career.. ..You 
have  made  the  most  of  your  opportunities 
in  the  Department,  and  leave  it  now  a 
seasoned  lawyer  and  a  specialist  in  ad- 
ministrative law  litigation.  Commendation 
of  your  effective  work  in  this  field  has 
come  to  me  with  gratifying  regularity 
from  members  of  the  Bench  and  Bar,  and 
from  officials  of  the  interested  Federal 
agencies.  You  have  given  the  Govern- 
ment a  generous  return  in  accomplish- 
ment, through  your  industry  and  ability 
as  a  lawyer,  and  your  distinguished  record 
in  the  Navy."  Assistant  .'Attorney  General 
Sonnett  also  publicly  referred  to  his  "out- 
standing record  in  the  Antitrust  Division." 

Mr.  Hickey  entered  the  Department 
of  Justice  in  March,  1938.  After  assisting 
in  the  successful  prosecution  of  several 
important  Government  cases  against 
German  agents  in  1941  and  early  in  1942, 
he  was  called  to  duty  with  the  Navy, 
where  he  served  first  with  the  office  of 
Naval  Intelligence  and  later  as  Aide  and 
Flag  Secretary  to  the  Southwest  Pacific 
amphibious  commander  Vice  Admiral 
Barbey.  He  was  decorated  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Navy  for  outstanding  services 
during  combat  operations.  Back  in  the 
Antitrust  Division  in  December,  1945, 
Mr.  Hickey  represented  the  .Attorney 
General  before  the  Federal  Courts  in 
much  of  the  Government's  administrative 
law  litigation  under  the  Interstate  Com- 
merce and  Civil  Aeronautics  Acts,  as  well 
as  the  Railway  Labor  and  Federal  Com- 
munications Laws. 

John  H.  Pennell  is  a  Junior  Highway 
Engineer  in  the  Connecticut  Highway 
Department.  His  post  is  at  the  New 
Haven  Residency,  where  he  lives  at  535 
Wholley  Ave. 

Hugh  Neville  is  President  of  the  Silver 
King  Fibre  Co.  in  Westport,  Mass.  His 
home  is  at  76  South  Ave.,  Tiverton,  R.  I. 


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Ben  Snow  is  Assistant  Director  of 
Agencies  for  the  Northwestern  Mutual 
Life  Insurance  Co.  in  Milwaukee.  His 
home  in  Milwaukee  is  at  6588  No.  River 
Rd. 

Allen  Baldwin  is  Product  Engineer  for 
the  Sperr>'  Products  Co.  in  Danbury, 
Conn.  His  address  there  is  Ta'Agan 
Point,  R.  F.  D.  5. 

We  are  sorn,-  to  hear  of  the  death  of  Mrs. 
Vincenza  Quattrocchi,  mother  of  John 
Quattrocchi,  Jr. 

New  addresses:  Denver  Evans,  6642  E. 
26th  St.,  Los  .Angeles  32;  Richard  Kinger- 
ley,  Jr.,  104  Lyndhurst,  McDaniel  Heights, 
Wilmington,  Del.;  John  Suesman,  1971 
Palifox  Drive,  Atlanta,  Ga.;  Ed  Hickey, 
4100  Oakridge  Lane,  Chevy  Chase,  Md.; 
Dick  Hapgood,  -Apartado  Nacional  772, 
Barranquilla,  Colombia,  South  America; 
C.  E.  Hammond,  99  Forest  Ave.,  Glen 
Ridge,  N.  J. 

1935 

Henrv  Connor  sends  a  new  address  at 
Sky  Top  Drive,  Scotch  Plains,  N.  J.  He 
is  Director  of  the  Bureau  of  Municipal 
Research,  a  non-partisan  organization  for 
improved  government  through  factual 
research,  in  Newark,  N.  J. 

Don  Reed  is  .Account  Executive  for  J. 
Walter  Thompson,  Inc.  in  New  York 
City.     His  address  is  1060  5th  .Ave. 

.Mason  L.  Dunn,  .Associates,  are  spe- 
cializing in  television  equipment  and  in- 
stallations. The  address:  RFD  316,  Man- 
ville,  R.  I. 

Dave  Hassenfeld  has  a  new  office  at 
428  Industrial  Trust  Bldg.  in  Providence. 

John  Donovan  is  with  the  Claims  Sec- 
tion of  the  Veterans  Administration  in 
Boston.  He  is  living  at  21  Hancock  St., 
there. 

R.  D.  Benson  Meryweather  is  teaching 
at  the  Peck  School  in  Morristown,  N.  J. 

.Armand  Morin  is  Sales  Representative 
for  the  Fenestra  Steel  Window  Co.  in 
Providence.  He  is  living  at  Mount  View, 
East  Greenwich. 

New  addresses:  Howard  Segool,  469 
Waterman  .Ave.,  E.  Providence,  R.  1.; 
Franklin  Huddle,  RFD  5,  Bo.x  125B, 
Alexandria,  Va.;  Paul  Paulsen.  Raynor 
and  Williams  Rd.,  Beardsley  St.  RFD, 
Trumbull,  Conn. 

1936 

Dr.  R.  Perry  Elrod,  full  Professor  of 
Bacteriology  and  chairman  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Microbiology  at  the  LIniversity 
of  South  Dakota,  is  living  at  920  E.  Clark 
St.,  Vermillion,  with  his  recently  aug- 
mented family.  R.  L.  Elrod  '07  is  the 
proud  grandfather. 

John  J.  Kelly,  unsuccessful  candidate  in 
the  Republican  primary  in  Rhode  Island 
this  fall,  is  reported  to  have  backing  for 
the  chairmanship  of  the  Republican  City 
Committee  in  Providence.  Two  years 
ago  he  made  a  strong  race  for  Congress  in 
a  Democratic  State. 

1st  Lt.  .A,  W.  \'oung  has  recently  been 
promoted  to  a  Captaincy  in  the  Marine 
Corps  Reserve.  Bunny  was  with  the 
22nd  Marines  in  the  Pacific  during  the 
war. 

I.  H.  Strasmich  was  active  in  setting  up 
an  inter-racial,  inter-faith  Thanksgiving 
Service  held  Nov.  21  at  the  Roundtop 
Church  in  Providence,  a  fine  experiment 
in  democracy.  A  fellowship  hour  fol- 
lowed. Irving  was  a  member  of  the  Provi- 
dence committee  in  charge.  He  has,  by 
the  way,  a  new  address  at  228  Waterman 
St.,  Providence  6.  He  is  also  serving  on 
the    Board    of    Directors    of    the    World 


-Affairs  Council  of  Rhode  Island — not  the 
Executive  Committee,  as  we  recently 
reported. 

Horace  Booth  is  working  in  Washington 
for  the  Department  of  the  Army.  His 
home  is  on  Route  4,  Vienna,  Va. 

Sumner  P.  .Ahlbum,  still  with  the  NEA 
Service,  Inc.  (Newspaper  Enterprise  .As- 
sociation) at  461  Eighth  Ave.,  New  York 
1,  has  moved  his  family  to  Hendrie  Lane, 
Riverside,  Conn. 

Dr.  John  H.  Young,  Assistant  Professor 
of  Classical  Archaeology  at  the  Johns 
Hopkins  University,  is  living  at  3029 
Guilford  Ave.,  Baltimore  18. 

Phil  Lappin  is  studying  at  Tufts  Medical 
School. 

Rev.  Terrelle  B.  Crum  was  elected 
Secretary-Treasurer  of  the  .American  .As- 
sociation of  Bible  Institutes  and  Bible 
Colleges  at  an  organizational  meeting  held 
in  Chicago  this  October. 

James  G.  Krause  has  been  elected  to 
the  City  Council  in  Lebanon,  Pa.  He 
was  also  an  alternate  delegate  to  the  Dem- 
ocratic National  Convention  this  year. 

New  addresses:  Byron  .Abedon,  73  Al- 
fred Stone  Rd.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I.;  Ross 
Fowler,  153  W.  Hazelwood  -Ave.,  Rahway, 
N.  J.;  Homer  Everall,  45  E.  Vassar  Rd., 
-Audubon,  N.  J.;  Frank  Watson,  216  Pop- 
lar .Ave.,  Wayne,  Pa.;  Dave  Slattery,  23 
Owen  St.,  Hartford,  Conn.;  Lt.  Comdr. 
Stanton  M.  Latham,  USNR,  1884  Broad 
St.,  Edgewood  5,  R.  I. 

1937 

F.  Hartwell  Swaffield  was  to  take  over 
new  duties  Nov.  1  as  New  England  adver- 
tising representative  for  the  Saturday 
Evening  Post,  with  headquarters  at  1020 
Statler  Building,  Boston  16.  He  goes  to 
Curtis  Publishing  after  having  been  Media 
Research  Director  of  the  Henry  A.  Loudon 


-Advertising  .Agency,  Boston.  He  takes 
his  mail  at  258  Beacon  St.,  Boston  16. 

John  Ebelke  is  in  Switzerland  where  he 
is  Dean  of  Studies  for  Wayne  University 
students  who  are  spending  their  Junior 
year  there.  His  address:  Postlagernd, 
Basel  3,  Switzerland. 

David  -Angle  operates  the  Colby  Book 
Shop  in  New  London,  N.  H. 

J.  Norton  -Atlass  has  joined  the  Class 
delegation  in  the  New  York  Brown  Club. 

Gordon  Walls  is  with  the  American 
Woolen  Co.  in  Enfield,  N.  H.  and  is  living 
at  18  South  St.,  Lebanon,  N.  H. 

John  Doble  is  Manager  of  the  Tele- 
vision Service  Department  of  the  Jordan 
Marsh  Co.  in  Boston.  He  is  living  at 
35  Smith   Rd.,   Hingham,   Mass. 

Richard  C.  Scott,  formerly  with  Es- 
mond Mills,  Inc.,  tells  us  of  his  affiliation 
with  Fairchild  Publications,  Inc.,  at  7 
East  12th  St.,   New  York  City. 

Richard  Curtin  is  now  at  the  University 
of  Michigan  where  he  is  a  Lt.  Col.  in  the 
U.  S.  Air  Force.  His  address:  1702  Jack- 
son -Ave.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Walter  Burbank  is  with  the  A.  B. 
Rydell  Co.  in  New  York  City  and  is  living 
at  3  Shore  -Acre  Drive,  Old  Greenwich, 
Conn. 

John  H.  Biggs  is  District  Representa- 
tive for  the  Brown  &  Sharpe  Mfg.  Co.  in 
Rochester,  N.  Y.  His  Rochester  address 
is  49  Bennington  Drive. 

Don  Stewart  is  editor  for  the  Houghton 
Mifflin  Co.  in  Boston.  He  lives  in  Marble- 
head,  at  8  Smith  St. 

Bill  Margeson  is  Vice-President  of  the 
Barlow  .Advertising  Agency  in  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.  He  writes  he  is  not  yet  located 
there. 

New  addresses:  Richard  D.  Emery, 
Ward  Ave.  and  Hartshorne  Lane,  Rum- 


And  Small  Wonder  <  < 


►  ►  "Sm.\ll  Wonder,"  the  new  musical 
revue  promptly  established  as  a  hit  at  the 
Coronet  Theatre  in  New  York,  might 
well  have  a  private  name  just  for  its 
director,  Burt  Shevelove  '37,  writes  Hal 
Eaton  in  the  Newark  Star- Ledger:  "Big 
Chance"  would  be  eminently  suitable,  for 
that's  exactly  what  it  is  for  the  32-year- 
old  Mr.  .S.  who  launches  his  Broadway 
career  with  the  revue.  Shevelove  comes 
to  his  task  with  much  off-Broadway  ex- 
perience, which  ranges  from  staging  the 
Yale  Dramatic  Society's  most  successful 
musical,  "Waterbury  Tales,"  to  putting 
on  a  servicemen's  show  at  a  rest  camp 
near  Cairo,  with  nothing  but  stage-struck 
ambulance  drivers  of  the  British  Field 
.Service  as  chorus  "girls"  and  leading 
"ladies."  Life  Magazine  featured  the 
show  in  rehearsal  with  a  big  picture  play 
which  was  of  particular  interest  to  Sheve- 
love's  former  colleagues  in  Brownbrokers 
on  College  Hill. 

It  was  his  seven  years  as  Director  of 
the  Yale  Dramatic  Society  which  brought 
about  the  friendships  which  have  culmin- 
ated in  the  production  of  "Small  Wonder," 
Eaton  writes:  "George  Nichols,  3rd, 
sponsor  of  the  attraction,  was  one  of 
Shevelove's  students.  So  were  Albert 
Selden,  composer  of  much  of  the  music; 
Louis  Laun  and  Charles  Spalding,  lyricists 
and  sketch  writers.  They  became  fast 
friends,  and,  since  all  had  theatrical  am- 
bitions, they  promised  to  stick  together 

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and  come  up  with  a  Broadway  effort  one 
day.  Nichols  and  Shevelove  kept  at  it 
hardest.  When  'Small  Wonder'  was  con- 
ceived, it  was  decided  that  the  former 
would  produce  and  the  latter  direct. 

"The  entry  boasts  a  group  of  talented 
and  promising  youngsters.  Hundreds  of 
juvenile  professionals,  who've  already 
won  their  spurs,  were  screened  before  the 
final  personnel  was  selected.  Phyllis  Mc- 
Ginley,  one  of  The  -VeM'  Yorker's  ace 
contributors,  has  done  many  of  the  lyrics. 
(So  has  Shevelove,  under  the  name  of 
Billings  Brown,  by  the  way.)  Mark 
Lawrence,  writer-partner  of  Comedienne 
-Alice  Pearce,  concocted  several  sketches. 
Making  his  debut  as  a  dance  director  is 
Gower  Champion,  who — with  his  spouse. 
Marge — clicked  big  last  winter  at  the 
Persian  Room  of  the  Plaza.  John  Derro, 
21-year-old  costumer,  who's  already  served 
his  apprenticeship  as  an  assistant  to 
Hollywood's  famed  Irene,  also  launches 
his  career  with  his  initial  designing  job  on 
Broadway.  Ralph  Alswang,  whose  set- 
tings for  last  season's  'Strange  Bedfellows' 
were  acclaimed  by  the  critics,  created  the 
scenery.  Tom  Ewell,  of  'John  Loves 
Mary,'  renown,  Alice  Pearce,  seen  not 
long  ago  in  George  Abbott's  'Look,  Ma, 
I'm  Dancin','  Mary  McCarty  of  'Sleepy 
Hollow,'  Marilyn  Day,  Hayes  Gordon, 
and  Betty  -Abbott  head  the  cast,  which 
accents  youth,  eagerness, and  enthusiasm." 


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son,  N.  J.;  William  E.  Ryan,  52  Bourne 
Lane,  Harrington.  R.  I. 

1938 

John  M.  McSweeney,  encountering 
Dean  Arnold  in  a  Washington  restaurant 
recently,  told  him  he  had  returned  from 
Russia  early  in  October.  Once  listed  with 
us  as  at  the  .American  Consulate  General 
in  \'ladivostok,  he  had  also  ser\ed  in 
.Moscow.  His  current  duties  are  with  the 
State    Department    in    Washington. 

Walter  Co\ell's  program,  "New  England 
Xotebook,"  is  heard  over  a  large  num- 
ber of  radio  stations,  originating  at  WI'RO 
in  Providence.  Something  new  was  add- 
ed this  fall  one  day  when  Covell  began 
his  afternoon  broadcast,  said  shortly, 
"I  think  I'm  going  to  faint,"  and  did. 
Sympathetic  mail  showed  the  popularity 
of  the  program  and  his  wide  personal  fol- 
lowing. Vou  can  catch  it  weekdays  at 
4:30  P.  M.  on  the  dial  at  630. 

Charles  T.  C.affney,  Jr.,  Executive  Di- 
rector of  the  Boys  Club  of  Pontiac,  Mich., 
represented  the  whole  Great  Lakes'  area 
at  the  national  convention  of  the  Boys 
Clubs  of  -America  in   California. 

Rev.  William  E.  Scholes  has  taken  up 
his  duties  as  Head  Resident  of  Christopher 
House  at  2507  North  Greenview  Ave., 
Chicago.  He  has  had  prexious  experience 
in  social  work  in  New  York  City  and  St. 
Louis  and  is  a  member  of  the  .American 
Association  of  Group  Workers  and  the 
American  .Association  of  Social  Workers. 
Included  in  the  Christopher  House  pro- 
gram are  a  day  nursery,  a  day  care  pro- 
gram, library,  art  and  craft  classes  and 
gymnasium;  it  covers  all  ages.  Mr.  Scholes 
was  recently  minister  of  the  Garden  Plain 
Presbyterian  Church  of  Fulton,  111.  The 
family  includes  Edmund,  five;  Karen, 
three;  and  Keith,  eight  months,  as  well  as 
Mrs.  Scholes. 

Dr.  C.  Hudson  Thompson,  Jr.,  will 
finish  his  residency  in  surgery  at  the 
Brooklyn  Hospital  in  July. 

-Allan  R.  Brent  is  now  Vice-President 
of  the  Herbert  S.  Benjamin  Associates, 
Inc.,  an  advertising  and  public  relations 
firm  in  Baton  Rouge,  La.  The  Brents 
have  a  new  home  at  3043  Eastland  Drixe, 
Baton  Rouge. 

Ed  Rich  is  selling  for  the  Socony 
Vacuum  Oil  Co.  in  Utica,  N.  Y.  His 
address:  RD  1,  ClayviUe,  N.  Y. 

George  Bright  is  -Assistant  Editor  of 
The  Magazine  Tucson  in  Tucson,  .Ariz. 
His  address  there:  2605  N.  Palo  \'erde 
Blvd. 


The  Long   Twins 

►  The  photogR-\pher's  assignment 
was  to  get  a  picture  layout  for  the 
Milwaukee  Journal  on  the  life  in  a 
trailer  of  a  student-veteran  and  his 
family.  But  the  photographer 
chanced  upon  a  pair  of  twins,  and 
the  layout  turned  out  to  be  pretty 
much  a  picture  series  about  those 
20-month-old  girls.  They  are  Sharon 
Elizabeth  and  Melanie  Dee,  daugh- 
ters of  -Arthur  Long  '42  and  Dorothy 
Long,  who  live  at  Randall  Park  in 
Madison.  Long  is  working  for  his 
doctorate  in  chemistry  at  the 
University  of  Wisconsin,  but  for 
two  pages  of  pictures  this  seemed 
less  important  than  the  fact  that 
the  youngsters,  three-pound  incu- 
bator babies  at  birth,  w-ere  _  so 
photogenic.  ■< 


Most  Improved 

►»  The  Zet.\  Ch.vrce  of  Theta 
Delta  Chi  (the  Brown  chapter) 
won  the  national  fraternity's  cup 
for  the  most  improvement  during 
the  past  year.  Philip  C.  Curtis, 
Jr.,  '49,  son  of  Philip  C.  Curtis  '11. 
was  elected  Secretary  of  the  72nd 
Grand  Lodge,  a  national  under- 
graduate office.  .Another  Brunonian 
active  in  the  fraternity  is  Walter  R. 
Bullock  '02,  Auditor.  He  and 
Philip  Saunders  '24  are  also  auditors 
of  the  Theta  Delta  Chi  Founders' 
Corporation,  and  he  is  also  Treas- 
urer of  the  Theta  Delta  Chi  Press, 
of  which  Stephen  W'.  Hopkins  '21 
is  a  Director.  < 


Thad  Tobey  is  Meat  Clerk  in  the  Brock- 
ton, Mass.,  Public  Market.  He  is  living 
in  Brockton  at  394  Main  St.,  -Apt.  2B. 

Jim  McGuire  is  instructing  in  the  Brown 
English  Department  and  conducting  a 
course  in  Irish  Literature  in  the  extension 
school.  The  McGuires  live  at  281  Benefit 
St.,  Providence. 

Douglas  W.  -Allan  has  been  appointed 
an  Instructor  of  English  in  the  Providence 
branch  of  Rhode  Island  State  College. 

Dr.  Edmund  Neves  is  now  an  anes- 
thesiologist in  Fall  River,  where  he  is 
living  at  145  Charlotte  St. 

Dr.  Charles  B.  Round  is  now  a  resident 
in  surgery  at  the  Gushing  Veterans  Ad- 
ministration Hospital  in  Framingham, 
Mass. 

Don  Capron  is  living  in  W.  Palm  Beach 
where  he  is  Office  Manager  for  Jessup, 
Inc.     His  address  there:  Box  1547. 

Ben  Vaughan  is  now  enrolled  at  the 
Northeastern   University  School  of  Law. 

New  address:  Peter  Corn,  South  Rd., 
Harrison,  N.  Y. 

1939 

Frederick  Eckel  has  been  granted  his 
R.  I.  license  to  practice  medicine  after 
passing  the  state  exams  early  in  October. 
His  address:  41  Grove  -Ave.,  Westerly,  R.I. 

Chester  Clayton  is  selling  for  Charles 
Scribner  and  Sons,  Inc.,  in  Boston.  His 
address  is  225  Doyle  Ave.,  Providence. 

Tom  Minuto  has  opened  his  law  office 
at  100  Grand  St.,  Waterbury,  Conn. 

Lt.  Comdr.  Hollier  G.  Tomlin,  USN,  is 
with  the  Office  of  the  Chief  of  Naval 
Operations  in  Washington.  His  address 
is  5045  12th  St.,  S.,  Arlington,  Va. 

John  W.  Barry  is  Superintendent  of  the 
Eastern  Marine  Dept.  of  the  Aetna  Life 
.Affiliated  Companies  in  Hartford,  Conn. 
He  is  fixing  in  East  Hartland,  Conn. 

John  R.  Alagee,  Jr.,  is  Chemical  Super- 
intendent for  the  X'irginia-Carolina  Chem- 
ical Corporation  in  Taftsville,  Conn.  His 
home  is  at  15  Broad  St.,  Norwich,  Conn. 

Dr.  David  T.  Dresdale  is  Assistant  .At- 
tending Physician  and  Research  Associate 
in  the  Department  of  Medicine  of  the 
Maimonides  Hospital  in  Brooklyn;  he  is 
also  Instructor  in  Medicine  at  the  Long 
Island  College  of  Medicine.  Dave  is 
living  at  2056  Cropsey  Ave.,  Brooklyn  14, 
N.  Y. 

Ken  W'hite  is  a  partner  in  the  Charles 
H.  White  Real  Estate  -Agency  in  Proxi- 
dence.  He  lives  at  33  Arland  Drive  in 
Pawtucket. 

Cad  W.  .Arrendell,  Jr.,  is  resident  in 
surgerv  at  St.  John's  Hospital,  Tulsa, 
Okla.  '  His  home:  1612  E.  12  St.  (apart- 
ment 27). 

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New  addresses:  George  Slade,  232 
Varinna  Drive,  Rochester  10,  N.  Y.; 
George  Witherell,  94  Middlesex  Axe., 
Swampscott,  Mass.;  Dr.  Theodore  Tet- 
rcault,  417  W.  26th  St.,  Minneapolis, 
-Minn.;  Ernest  .Alderman,  360  E.  Spring- 
field Rd.,  Springfield,  Pa.;  Fred  Rhodes, 
1  Alfred  Rd.,  West  Merrick,  Long  Island. 

1940 

Robert  T.  Engles  played  the  bedeviled 
husband  in  Noel  Coward's  Blithe  Spirit, 
which  opened  the  40th  season  of  The 
Players  in  Providence. 

Capt.  Robert  R.  Clifford,  USAF,  is 
doing  graduate  work  at  the  Graduate 
School  of  Business,  Stanford  Unixersity. 
His  address:  20  Alameda  de  las  Pulgas, 
Redxvood  City,  Calif. 

Ken  Heinold  is  Branch  Manager  of  the 
Federal  Products  Corporation  in  Ro- 
chester, N.  Y.  His  home  is  at  99  Ontario 
St.,  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y. 

Gordon  Kiernan  is  selling  for  the  U.  S. 
Rubber  Go's  Tire  Division  in  Detroit. 
He  lives  at  917  Lake  Shore  Rd.,  Grosse 
Point  Shores,  Mich. 

Fred  King  is  -Assistant  Merchandise 
Manager  of  menswear  for  Textron  Inc., 
in  New  York.  His  home  is  at  55  DeMott 
Axe.,  Baldwin,  N.  Y. 

Bob  Parish  is  an  Instructor  in  Opera- 
tions in  the  United  Air  Lines'  Education 
and  Training  Department  at  Cheyenne, 
Wyo. 

Jim  Ely  is  in  the  Group  Pension  Dept. 
of  the  Connecticut  General  Life  Insurance 
Co.  in  Hartford.  His  home  is  on  Stratton 
Brook   Rd.,  West  Simsbury,   Conn. 

Lt.  Comdr.  John  J.  Hackett,  USNR,  is 
Supply  Officer  for  the  USS  Fresno.  His 
address:  USS  Fresno  (CL-121),  EPO, 
Nexv  York. 

Duncan  Cleaves  is  at  Berkeley,  Calif., 
where  he  is  a  teaching  assistant  in  Chem- 
istry at  the  Unix-ersity  of  California.  His 
address:  1276  Delaware  St. 

New  addresses:  Bob  Perry,  26  Elm  St., 
Westerly,  R.  I.;  Clark  T.  Foster,  217  Nor- 
man Drixe,  Ramsey,  N.  J.;  Dick  Walker, 
547  Hinman  Ave.,  Evanston,  111.;  Ed 
Martin,  453  E.  14th  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 

1941 

Giles  MacEwen  is  doing  geological  work 
for  an  oil  company  in  .Algeria  and  has  sent 
back  many  excellent  fossils  to  be  added 
to  the  paleontological  collections  at  Broxx'n. 

Rex'.  Hillman  R.  Wiechert  has  become 
rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Epiphany  in 
L'rbana,  Ohio.  Previously  associate  rector 
of  Grace  Church  in  Medford,  Mass.,  he 
was  presented  with  a  purse  and  set  of 
sterling  silver  upon  leax'ing  for  his  Ohio 
post. 

Capt.  Herbert  J.  Saabye,  Jr.,  is  Execu- 
tive Officer  of  the  28th  Bomb  Squadron 
at  North  Field,  Guam. 

Pre.ston  Hood  is  a  member  of  the  Lin- 
coln and  Hood  law  office  in  Fall  Rixer. 
He  lix-es  on  Gardners  Neck  Rd.,  South 
Sxvansea,  Mass. 

Lester  M.  Bernstein's  ad  has  appeared 
this  fall  in  the  Brown  football  programs. 
His  company  is  the  Nursery  Furniture 
Company  at  766  Hope  St.,  Providence, 
"w-here  all  Brown  men  shop  for  kiddies' 
toys  and  accessories." 

Eugene  W.  O'Brien  '19  of  Atlanta,  Ga., 
reports  that  a  fellow-Brunonian  named 
John  A.  Kennedy  has  been  Southern  rep- 
resentatixe  of  the  American  Mineral 
Spirits  Co.  Kennedy  leaxes  Atlanta  to 
become  manager  of  a  new  department  of 
his  company  with   headquarters  at  Car- 


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teret,  N.  J.     This  might  be  the  classmate 
of  whom  we  had  lost  track  since  the  war. 

John  Mars  has  been  head  coach  ol  foot- 
ball this  fall  at  the  Culver  Military  Acad- 
emy, Ciiher,  Ind. 

Arnold  Eggert  has  joined  the  Equitable 
Life  Assurance  Society  in  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
as  underwriter.  Arnold  has  headed  the 
YMCA's  boys  department  in  l^ittsfield 
for  the  past  two  years.  In  his  new  ca- 
pacity he  will  specialize  in  assured  home 
ownership  and  educational  and  retirement 
plans. 

Bob  Grabb  is  a  member  of  the  legal 
staff  of  the  Ingersoll  Road  Co.  in  Philips- 
burg,  N.  J.  He  is  living  at  201  Hamilton 
St.,  Painted  Post,  N.  Y.  until  his  new- 
home   is   completed    in    Philipsburg. 

Paul  Pollinger  is  Senior  Interne  in  Ob- 
stetrics and  Gynecology  at  the  Doctors' 
Hospital  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

Sidney  Kramer  took  his  tests  for  ad- 
mission to  the  Rhode  Island  Bar  this 
October. 

Dr.  Gordon  Marquis  is  studying  at  the 
Washington  University  Medical  School, 
in  their  post-graduate  ENT  division. 

Charlie  Norman  is  Manager  of  the 
Southern  Steel  Nut  Co.  in  Decatur,  Ala. 
He  lives  there  at  717  Jackson  St. 

R.  Douglas  Davis  is  .'\ccount  Repre- 
sentati\e  for  Underwood  and  Underwood 
Illustration  Studios  in  New  York  City. 
He  lives  at  5  Mistletoe  Lane,  Hicksville, 
Long  Island. 

Hans  Epstein,  studying  at  Harvard,  is 
located  at  65  Walker  -St.  in  Cambridge. 

Rev.  Alvin  H.  Hanson  is  rector  of  St. 
Jude's  Episcopal  Church  in  F'cnton,  Mich. 

Fred  Barlow  is  teaching  at  the  Junior 
Military  Academy,  5026  South  Green- 
wood Ave.,  Chicago  15. 

R.  Sherwin  Drury  is  living  at  181  Wal- 
nut St.,  Leominster,  Mass.  He  is  work- 
ing for  the  Simonds  Saw  and  Steel  Co.  in 
Fitchburg. 

New  addresses:  Aubrey  Raymond,  70 
Meador  St.,  Garden  City,  N.  Y.;  George 
A.  Schuetz,  Jr.,  76  Wendt  Ave.,  Larch- 
niont,  N.  Y.;  Richard  Irwin,  12  N.  Front 
St.,  Clearfield,  Pa.;  Alston  Horton,  Kervan 
Rd.,  Rve,  N.  Y.;  Lerov  Walton,  216  Bard 
St.,  Pennington,  N.  J.;  R.  B.  Union,  511 
Buckminster  Circle,  Orlando,  Fla. 
1942 

Leonard  Romagna's  charts  of  important 
eastern  games  provide  a  lively  feature  of 
the  New  York  Herald  Tribune's  football 
coverage.  Len's  cartoons  brighten  up 
the  straight  chart  report.  He's  a  Herald 
Tribune  stalTer. 

Willard  Terry  took  his  exams  for  ad- 
mission to  the  Rhode  Island  Bar  this  fall. 

Charlie  Lincoln  has  completed  his  work 
at  the  University  of  Michigan  Law  School 
and  has  announced  the  opening  of  his  law 
offices  at  148  Main  St.,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Jack  Rosenberg  studied  at  Harvard 
Law  School  after  separation  from  the 
Army  and  graduated  from  there  last  June. 
He  was  recently  sworn  in  as  a  member  of 
the  Massachusetts  Bar  and  is  practicing 
law  with  his  father  at  15  Bristol  Bldg., 
New  Bedford.  Jack  is  living  there  at  133 
Plymouth  St. 

William  C.  Giles,  also  graduated  from 
the  Harvard  Law  School,  was  admitted 
to  the  Massachusetts  Bar  in  October. 

Rev.  J.  Robert  Orpen,  Jr.,  is  a  graduate 
student  in  theology  and  .Assistant  at  St. 
Matthew's  Parish,  Kenosha,  Wise.  His 
address:  Nashotah  House,  Nashotah,Wisc. 

John  MacGregor  is  an  Industrial  Gas 
Engineer  for  the  Blackstone  Valley  Gas 
and   Electric  Co.  in   Pawtucket. 


Bob  Pevoto  is  a  Salesman  for  The  Texas 
Company  in  East  Hartford,  Conn.  He 
is  li\ing  at  39  Argyle  A\'e.,  West  Hartford. 

John  Walters  is  .Assistant  to  the  head 
of  the  export  purchasing  division  of  the 
LI.  S.  Rubber  Co.  in  New  York  City.  He 
is  lixing  at  716  E.  9th  St.,  in  New  York. 

Howard  Sloneker  will  be  in  California 
till  July  where  he  is  an  underwriter  for 
the  Ohio  Casualty  Insurance  Co.  His 
home  address:  140  Del  Centro  Ave.,  Mill- 
brae,  Calif. 

Ralph  Jackson  is  Administrative  Meth- 
ods .Analyst  for  the  Kaiser-Frazer  Cor- 
poration at  Willow  Run,  Mich.  He  is 
living  at  554  S.  First  St.,  .Ann  .Arbor. 

Harvey  Spear  has  been  appointed  an 
Assistant  Lf.  S.  District  Attorney.  Harvey 
has  been  a  special  attorney  with  the  De- 
partment of  Justice  since  completing  work 
at  Har\ard  Law  School  and  the  Harvard 
Graduate  School  of  Business  Adminis- 
tration. 

Lincoln  Hanson  is  now  at  the  Depart- 
ment  of   Psychology   at   Columbia. 

New  addresses:  John  H.  Walters,  58 
Noves  Rd.,  Fairfield,  Conn.;  Ed  O'Shea, 
71-37  110  St.,  Forest  Hills,  N.  Y.;  Wil- 
liam J.  Roberts,  315  Central  St.,  Highland 
Park,  111.;  Alfred  T.  Marshall,  General 
Deliverv.  Los  Angeles,  Calif.;  Capt.  Mer- 
win  H.'  Silverthorn,  Jr.,  USMC,  MOQ 
3013,   Camp  Lejeune,   N.   C. 

1943 

Donald  W.  Marshall's  assigniuents  as 
a  member  of  The  Peddie  School  Faculty 
include  teaching  history  and  social  studies 
and  assisting  with  football,  basketball, 
and  track.  He  received  his  M.  S.  from 
the  LTniversity  of  Pennsylvania  last  sum- 
mer. 


Bacl^  "Libers" 

►  The  management  of  Liber  Brun- 
ensis  announces  that  it  has  on  hand 
certain  back  copies  of  recent  issues 
of  the  yearbook  which  it  offers  for 
sale.  The  available  Libers  are  for 
the  years  1943,  1944,  1945,  and  1947 
(all  at  $5.00  per  copv)  and  also  for 
1948  (at  $7.50  per  copy).  Checks 
should  be  made  payable  to  1949 
Liber  Brunensis  and  mailed  to  it 
in  care  of  Faunce  House,  Brown 
University.  (Handling  and  mailing 
charges  are  included  in  the  prices 
given.)  ■< 


Dr.  William  O'Connell,  resident  in- 
terne at  the  Corning  Hospital,  was  made 
available  through  a  special  rural  hospitals 
program  fostered  by  the  Council  of  Ro- 
chester (N.Y.)  Regional  Hospitals  whereby 
the  Rochester  Hospital  internes  spend 
part  of  their  training  period  at  Corning. 

Bob  Greene  took  his  exams  for  ad- 
mission to  the  Rhode  Island  Bar  in 
October. 

Jay  Fidler  is  Advertising  Manager  for 
the  Hercules  Chemical  Co.  in  New  York 
City.  His  address:  67-02  B  186th  Lane, 
Flushing,  N.  Y. 

Ed  Wilcox  is  continuing  graduate  stud- 
ies at  Harvard.  His  Cambridge  address 
is  63  Francis  .Ave. 

Philip  Woodford  is  doing  engineering 
for  The  Griscom-Russell  Co.  in  New  York 
City.  He  makes  his  home  at  5  Bell  Lane, 
Levittown,  Hicksville,  Long  Island. 

Charlie  Littlefield  is  working  for  his 
M.  B.  A.  at  the  Lmiversity  of  Chicago 
School  of  Business.  His  address:  6136 
Ellis  Ave.,  Chicago  37. 

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Hayden  Hankins  is  now  associated  with 
the  law  firm  of  Gardner,  Day  &  Sawyer 
in  Providence. 

Dr.  Lester  L.  Vargas  is  Assistant  Resi- 
dent Surgeon  at  the  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital in  New  York  City. 

Ernest  Colarullo  has  enrolled  this  fall 
at  the  Northeastern  University  School  of 
Law. 

Lt.  Davis  Sieswerda  is  now  stationed 
at  an  airfield  near  Pheonix,  .Ariz.,  and  is 
living  in  Pheonix  at  1233  East  Oregon  Ave. 

Dr.  Robert  A.  Levenson,  in  the  Navy 
Medical  Corps,  sends  this  address:  Navy 
3234,  c/o  FPO.  San  Francisco,  Calif. 

Bob  Barningham  is  a  test  engineer  for 
Pratt  &  Whitney  Aircraft  in  East  Hart- 
ford, Conn.  He  is  living  at  25  Cornell 
St.,  Manchester,  Conn. 

Stew  MacNeill  recently  purchased  a 
new  home  in  Needham  Heights,  Mass. 
The  address  is  71  Webster  St.,  Needham, 
Mass. 

Vincent  Luca  is  selling  for  J.  C.  Penny 
and  Co.  in  Lewiston,  Idaho.  He  lives 
at  718  8th  St.,  Clarkston,  Wash. 

Current  addresses:  Bob  Bennett,  126 
Kentucky  Ave.,  South  Clinton,  Tenn.; 
Dick  Gosselin,  6048  Harper  St.,  Chicago; 
.A.  Kirk  Rowell,  1743  Redondo  Ave.,  Salt 
Lake  City,  Utah;  Irving  Rubin,  720  W. 
48th  St.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Dick  Colwell, 
141-26  77th  Ave.,  Flushing,  N.  Y.;  Ray 
Mercy,  429  14th  St.,  San  Francisco;  Jack 
Laubach,  4131  Cliff  Rd.,  Birmingham, 
.Ala.;  Dave  Moriarty,  51  Meredith  Drive, 
Cranston,  R.  I.;  Richard  Sneider,  8201 
Grubb  Rd.,  Silver  Springs,  Md.;  Leon 
Farrin,  671  Carleton  Rd.,  Westfield,  N. 
J.;  John  Scott,  4734  Glenwood  St.,  Little 
Neck,  N.  Y. 

1944 

Robert  Martin  has  been  granted  his 
R.  I.  license  to  practice  medicine  after 
passing  an  oral  examination  as  a  diplo- 
mate  of  the  National  Board  of  Medical 
Examiners. 

Frank  DiPrete  has  left  the  Brown  Grad 
School  and  is  now  in  his  first  year  at  the 
LTniversity  of  Chicago  I^aw  School.  He 
is  living  at  the  Sigma  Chi  House  at  5615 
South  Woodlawn  St.,  Chicago  37. 

The  Cranston  City  Council  has  named 
the  square  at  Reservoir  Ave.,  Budlong 
Rd.,  and  Dean  Parkway  the  Charles 
Howard  Goodchild  Memorial  Square,  and 
a  memorial  boulder  and  plaque  will  be 
installed  next  spring.  Ens.  Goodchild 
was  killed  Oct.  7,  1943  when  his  Navy 
torpedo  bomber  crashed  as  he  returned 
to  his  carrier  following  an  Atlantic  anti- 
submarine patrol  mission. 

M/Sgt  John  F.  Dorrance,  USAF,  is 
with  the  6th  Radar  Calibration  Det., 
APO  942,  c/o  PM,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Bob  Klie  is  a  special  agent  for  the 
Phoenix  Insurance  Co.  in  Newark,  N.  J. 
He  is  living  in  Jersey  City  at  21  East 
Bidwell  St. 

Leonard  Sutton  is  now  interning  at  the 
Rhode  Island  Hospital.  He  took  his 
M.  D.  at  the  University  of  Arkansas  this 
year. 

Elliott  E.  Andrews,  of  the  staff  of  the 
Brown  LTniversity  Library,  is  in  charge 
of  the  Social  .Studies  Reading  Room  in 
the  John  Hay. 

Dana  Galhip,  rooming  in  Cambridge 
with  Gordon  Shillinglaw  '46  at  42  Trow- 
bridge St.,  is  completing  his  law  studies 
at  Northeastern. 

Robert  H.  Mareneck  is  sales  representa- 
tive for  the  Eagle  Lock  Co.  at  110  North 
Franklin  St.,  Chicago  6.  Eagle  Indus- 
tries, Inc.,  is  a  subsidiary  of  Bowser,  'Inc. 


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THE  NEW  BLUE  ROOM:     In  Faunce  House  the  popular  lounge  had  a  changed  look  as  it  re-opened  recently. 


The  advertisement  of  the  New  England 
Helicopter  Service,  Inc.,  in  the  Brown 
football  programs  this  fall  featured  its 
claim  to  be  "pioneers  in  commercial  heli- 
copter operations."  Among  its  services: 
flight  and  ground  training,  charter  service 
to  all  points,  advertising  and  publicity 
flights,  crop  dusting  and  spraying,  mos- 
quito control,  industrial  work,  sales  and 
service.  The  main  base  is  at  the  State 
Airport,  Hillsgrove,  R.  I.,  where  demon- 
stration flights  were  given  with  passengers 
on  the  Airport  Open  House  Day  in  Octo- 
ber. Lee  Plympton,  Jr.,  is  President  of 
the  company. 

Werner  Klemmer  is  now  with  the 
National  City  Bank  of  New  York  and  is 
living  at  5  Ridgeland  Manor,  Rye,  N.  Y. 

Eugene  Castellucci  is  Plant  Layout 
Supervisor  for  the  H  &  B  American  Ma- 
chine Co.  in  Attleboro,  Mass.  He  lives 
at  209  Putnam  Ave.,  Johnston,  R.  L 

Bill  Chambrun  is  staff  announcer  for 
Station  WXKW  in  Albany,  N.  Y. 

Wallace  Lambert  is  Preceptor  and  grad 
student  in  Psychology  at  Colgate.  His 
address:  16  Pine  St.,  Hamilton,  N.  Y. 

Joe  Riley  has  been  transferred  from 
the  S.  S.  Kresge  Co.  in  Worcester,  to 
Lawrence,  Mass.,  where  he  is  Assistant 
Manager. 

Herbert  Sherman,  Jr.,  graduated  from 
Harvard  Law,  is  an  instructor  at  the 
Pittsburgh  Law  School. 

Brad  Whitman  is  with  the  Colgate- 
Palmolive- Peet  Co.  and  is  living  at  560 
River  Ave.,  Providence  8. 

Bill  Augenstein  has  been  appointed 
Associate  Professor  of  Aeronautical  En- 
gineering at  Purdue.  He  had  previously 
been  a  research  engineer  at  the  North 
-American  Aviation  Corporation  in  Los 
Angeles. 

Rev.  Carlton  H.  Gregory  is  now  at  the 
Clinton,  Conn.,  Baptist  Church.  His 
address;  69  E.  Main  St. 

New  addresses:  Carrol!  Adams,  38 
Alpine  St.,  Cambridge,  Mass.;  Elliot 
Marvell,  510  N.  17th  St.,  Corvallis,  Ore.; 
H.  Packen,  3077  Riverside  Ave.,  Somer- 
set Center,  Mass.;  Henry  C.  Hastings, 
280  Benefit    St.,    Providence. 

1945 

William  B.  Baxter,  William  B.  Bate- 
man,    Nathaniel    M.    Marshall    '44    and 


John  H.  Lyman  '43  are  new  members  of 
the  New  York  Brown  Club. 

Tom  Kelleher  took  his  exams  for  ad- 
mission to  the  Rhode  Island  Bar  this  fall. 

Al  Vorhaus  is  Research  and  Production 
Trainee  in  the  Palan  Advertising  Co.  in 
St.  Louis.  His  address  is  833  Sudbury 
Drive,  Clayton  5,  Mo. 

Jim  O'Brien  is  a  Civil  Engineer  at 
Langley  Field.  He  is  living  at  721  Blair 
Ave.,  Hampton,  Va. 

Vince  Breglio  is  studying  law.  His 
address:  44  Edmand  St.,  Chicopee  Falls, 
Mass. 

John  Graham  is  selling  for  Coca-Cola 
in  Syracuse.  His  home  is  at  2513E  East 
Lake  Rd.,  Livonia,  N.  Y. 

Bob  Champney  is  teaching  at  the 
Passaic  Collegiate  School  in  New  Jersey. 
He  is  living  at  Rensselaer  Rd.,  Essex 
Falls,  N.  J. 

Bryce  Fisher,  graduated  from  the  State 
University  of  Iowa  College  of  Law,  is 
now  in  the  Cedar  Rapids  law  firm  of 
Elliott,  Shuttleworth  and  Ingersoll.  His 
new  address  is  1515  2nd  Ave.  S.  E.,  Cedar 
Rapids,  Iowa. 

Jim  Starkweather  is  with  Hollings- 
worth  &  Whitney  in  Waterville,  Me., 
where  his  address  is  6  Lawrence  St. 

Louis  Cardell  Gerry,  Jr.,  died  of  a  heart 
attack  in  his  sleep  June  22,  1948,  at  Ann 
Arbor,  where  he  was  taking  graduate 
studies  at  the  University  of  Michigan. 
He  had  worked  two  years  for  a  Providence 
accounting  firm  before  entering  the  Busi- 
ness School  at  the  University  of  Michigan, 
where  he  had  completed  his  first  year  to- 
ward a  Master's  degree.  He  is  survived 
by  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  C. 
Gerry  of  Providence,  and  a  sister,  Mrs. 
John  Gilmore  Williams  of  Bryn  Mawr, 
Penn. 

Edgar  Phillips  is  .'\ssistant  Resident  on 
Pediatric  Service  at  the  Massachusetts 
General  Hospital  in  Boston.  His  home 
address  is  40  President  Ave.,  Providence. 

Warren  Prouty  has  been  with  the  Royal 
Liverpool  Group  of  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
panies since  his  arrival  in  California  in 
1946.  Recently  he  was  transferred  from 
San  Francisco  to  the  regional  office  in 
Sacramento.     He  gives  a  temporary  ad- 

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dress  at  1630  Capistrano  Ave.,  Berkeley  7, 
Calif. 

Edmund  Peckham,  a  history  major  at 
Brown,  will  continue  his  studies  in  the 
field  at  the  Harvard  Graduate  School  this 
fall,  according  to  the  Worcester  Telegram, 
which  noted  last  June  that  Ed  had  fol- 
lowed his  father's  footsteps  in  being 
initiated  into  Phi   Beta   Kappa. 

Frank  Montella  has  been  granted  his 
license  to  practice  dentistry  in  Rhode 
Island. 

New  addresses:  Sid  Wray,  23  Maple 
St.,  Bristol,  Conn.;  George  Marker,  1487 
Fernote  St.,  Rahway,  N.  J.;  Melvin  Feld- 
man,  5508  S.  Greenwood  .-^ve..  Apt.  401-3, 
Chicago  37,  111. 

1946 

Johnny  Bach,  who  starred  for  Brown 
while  here  for  Navy  training  during  the 
war,  is  having  a  successful  first  year  in 
professional  basketball  as  a  member  of 
the  Boston  Celtics  of  the  Basketball  As- 
sociation of  .'\nierica.  He  returned  to 
Fordham,  his  original  college,  for  his  de- 
gree last  June. 

Chuck  Burton  is  reported  in  New  York 
City  with  Susquehanna  Mills.  Still  no 
word  direct  from  him,  however,  that  he 
has  left  Oak  Park,  111. 

Joseph  H.  McMullen,  Junior  Varsity 
football  coach  at  Brown,  is  living  at  153 
Terrace  Ave.,  Riverside  15,  with  his  wife 
and  daughter  Nancy. 

A[  Novikoff  writes  Sandy  McNair  from 
1112  High  St.,  Palo  Alto,  Calif.,  that  he 
is  shooting  for  a  Ph.  D.  in  Math  at  Stan- 
ford. Al  has  been  awarded  an  Atomic 
Energy  Commission  Predoctoral  Fellow- 
ship. 

Werner  Peter  of  47  IVIyrtle  Ave.,  Mill- 
burn,  N.  J.,  has  been  with  First  Investors 
Shares  Corp.  (investment  trust)  ever 
since  he  got  home  in  '46. 

Bill  Roos,  with  Westinghouse  in  Hyde 
Park  since  getting  out  of  service,  is  living 
in  Sharon,  Mass.,  and  asks  for  mail  at 
P.  O.  Box  479.  Have  we  ever  reported 
his  marriage  on  Nov.  22,  1946,  to  Pauline 
Chase,  daughter  of  F'rank  A.  Chase  '12 
and  Mrs.  Chase,  also  of  Sharon. 

Moulton  Sawin  is  in  the  advertising 
business  in  New  York,  with  Newell- 
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Edward  N.  Clarke,  who  received  two 
Master's  degrees  from  Harvard  after 
graduation  at  Brown  with  honors,  is  back 
at  Brown  doing  research  in  physical  elec- 
tronics. His  engagement  has  been  an- 
nounced to  Miss  Vivian  C.  Bergquist,  a 
Pembroke  Senior,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Carl  H.  Bergquist  of  Worcester. 

Gordon  Shillinglaw  wrote  Sandy  Mac- 
Nair  recently  that  he  had  received  his 
M.  S.  in  Business  Administration  from 
the  University  of  Rochester  and  is  now  in 
Cambridge  studying  for  a  Harvard  Ph.D. 
and  the  teaching  profession.  In  Cam- 
bridge he's  living  at  42  Trowbridge  St., 
and  he  has  a  new  home  address  at  East 
Greenbush,  N.  V.  Gordy  is  rooming 
with  Dana  Gallup  '44. 

Charlie  Tiedemann  is  in  Madison,  Me., 
where  he  is  Assistant  Foreman  in  the 
Groundwood  and  Sulfite  Mill  of  the  Great 
Northern  Paper  Co.  His  Madison  ad- 
dress is  Box  12. 

C.  Vincent  Treat  is  a  Lt.  (jg)  at  U.  S. 
Naval  Hospital,  Oakland,  Calif.,  accord- 
ing to  Werner  Peter. 

Kurt  Mandelik  is  a  Physicist  for  the 
General  Electric  Co.  He  is  living  now 
at  448  Central  Park  West,  New  York  City. 

Bob  Webb  is  Credit  Executive  for  the 
Pet  Milk  Co.  in  St.  Louis.  His  home  is 
at  5  University  Lane,  Clayton  5,  Mo. 

Bob  Black  has  left  the  Grinnell  Co.  and 
is  now  with  Brown  &  Sharpe  in  Provi- 
dence. 

Hugh  Allison  is  in  the  technical  sales 
division  of  the  Chemical  Products  Cor- 
poration  in   East   Providence. 

Rod  Phinney  is  selling  for  Annis  Pat- 
terson, Inc.,  Ford  dealers  in  Paterson,  N. 
J.  His  address:  26-02  High  St.,  Radburn- 
Fairlawn,  N.  J. 

Bob  Beauregard  is  an  Electrical  En- 
gineer for  the  Boston  Edison  Co.  in  Bos- 
ton. He  makes  his  home  at  126  St.  Mary's 
St.,  Boston. 

Dr.  Bernard  O'Brien  has  begun  the 
practice  of  dentistry  at  1826  Centre  St., 
West  Roxbury,  Mass. 

Lawrence  Mueller  is  a  management 
trainee  with  the  Bigelow  Sanford  Carpet 
Co.  in  Thompsonville,  Conn.  His  address 
there:  Brainard  Rd.,  R.  F.  D. 

Dr.  Tom  Boyd  finished  up  at  the  Boston 
University  School  of  Medicine  and  is  now 
House  Officer  at  the  Boston  City  Hos- 
pital. He  is  living  in  Boston  at  41  Wor- 
cester Square. 

Ed  Pollard  has  completed  his  work  at 
Brown  and  is  now  with  the  Automobile 
Mutual  Insurance  Co.  in  Providence. 

Don  Holmes  is  an  Engineer  with  the 
Southern  New  England  Telephone  Co. 
He  is  living  at  569  Whalley  Ave.  in  New 
Haven. 

Jim  Siegal  is  Administrative  Assistant 
in  Management  Research  for  the  Schering 
Corporation  in  Montclair,  N.  J.  His  home 
there  is  at  14  South  Mountain  Ave. 

John  Nelson  is  Service  Engineer  for 
General  Electric,  and  is  located  at  present 
in  Gallon,  Ohio.  His  mailing  address  is 
21  Manning  .St.,  Pawtucket,  R.  I. 

Allen  Gate  is  with  the  Industrial  Trust 
Co.  in  Providence.  His  address  here: 
16  Woodman  St. 

John  Bateman  is  Surety  Representative 
for  the  .^etna  Casualty  and  Surety  Co.  in 
Providence.  He  is  living  at  10  Brown  St., 
Peace  Dale,  R.  I. 

New  addresses:  Roland  Casperson,  179 
Stratford  St.,  New  Britain,  Conn.;  Alvin 
Blum,   108   Pembroke  Ave.,   Providence; 


Lang    Coaches    Utah    Challengers 

►  ►  The  University  of  Utah's  ski  squad,  coached  by  Gottfried  Lang  '44,  has  a 
chance  for  the  national  title,  according  to  Salt  Lake  City  newspapers.  Nearly  50 
candidates  turned  out  for  his  first  squad  meeting  in  October.  Lang,  it  is  noted, 
began  skiing  at  the  age  of  three  and  turned  professional  nine  years  ago  while  a 
Brown  undergraduate.  He  was  a  leading  spirit  in  the  revival  of  skiing  at  Brown 
during  that  period  and  instructed  for  Hannes  Schneider  at  Conway. 

Lang  is  an  instructor  in  anthropology,  having  earned  a  graduate  degree  in 
the  field  at  the  University  of  Chicago.  During  the  war  he  served  in  the  Air 
Corps  Medical  department  and  was  a  bush-pilot  in  the  Hudson  Bay  region. 
The  Salt  Lake  City  clippings  also  note  his  presidency  of  the  BC.\  and  Newman 
Club  at  Brown  and  his  co-chairmanship  of  the  New  England  Student  Christian 
Summer  Conference  in  1943.  He  represented  the  area  at  the  National  Inter- 
collegiate Christian  Conference,  too.  At  the  LTniversity  of  Utah  he  was  a  fea- 
tured speaker  at  the  year's  first  dinner  at  the  Student  Christian  P'ellowship  House, 
telling  of  pre-war  Germany.  He  is  a  native  of  Oberammergau,  where  his  family 
was  prominent  in  the  Passion  Play  tradition.  't 


Don  O'Learv,  350  Benefit  St.,  Providence; 
Bob  Pollard,  212  Pearl  St.,  Springfield, 
Mass.;  Paul  Goldstein,  80  Howe  St.,  New 
Haven,  Conn.;  Joe  Moscato,  41  E.  Morris 
Ave.,  Linden,  N.  J. 

1947 

Richard  H.  Bube  received  his  Master's 
degree  in  Physics  from  Princeton  this  year. 

Ray  Elias  spent  a  week  of  his  vacation 
in  and  around  Providence  during  October. 
He  also  worked  in  a  visit  with  his  old 
Brownbrokers  collaborator,  Ernie  Edge, 
who  is  with  the  Patent  Office  in  Washing- 
ton. They're  talking  about  another  show 
sometime.  Ray  is  with  American  Steel 
and  Wire  in  Cleveland.  He  reports  the 
.^kron-Canton  Brown  Golf  party  was  a 
great  success.  (His  bet  on  the  Brown- 
Harvard  game  was  not.) 

R.  Kaffenberger  and  R.  M.  Neary  are 
both  junior  engineers  at  the  Tonawanda, 
N.  Y.,  laboratory  of  the  Linde  Air  Pro- 
ducts Co.  T.  E.  Pitts  '48  is  also  there 
as  an  assistant  engineer. 

George  Do\er  is  doing  engineering  for 
the  Chase  Brass  and  Copper  Co.  in  Chi- 
cago. He  lives  at  831  Woodland  Drive, 
Glenview,  111. 

Bob  Blair  is  studying  law,  with  an 
address  at  44  Hudson  St.,  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

Charlie  Smith  is  now  working  for  a  B.S. 
in  Civil  Engineering  at  the  University  of 
Virginia.  His  present  address  is  208}^ 
14th   St.,   West,   Charlottesville,   Va. 

2nd  Lt.  Richard  Phifer,  USMC,  sends 
this  address:  15  Bayshore  Ave.,  Long 
Beach  3,  CaliL 

Russell  Vastine  is  a  medical  student  at 
Northwestern  Medical  School  in  Chicago. 
He  is  living  at  617  Sheridan  Rd.,  E\ans- 
ton.  111.,  c/o  Johnston. 

Harlan  Kelley  is  a  Claims  .Adjuster  for 
the  Liberty  Mutual  Insurance  Co.  in 
Hartford,  Conn.  He  is  living  at  170 
Loomis  St.,   Manchester,   Conn. 

Joe  Hersey  is  Electrical  Sales  Engineer 
for  the  Trumbull  Electric  Mfg.  Co.  in 
Louisville,  Ky.  He  is  living  there  at 
2125  .AUston  Ave. 

Whitney  Callahan  is  a  student  at  the 
LInion  Theological  Seminary  in  New  York 
City.  His  home  address  there  is  55 
Morton  St.,  Apt.  7-L,  New  York  14,  N.  Y. 

Joe  Vassel  is  in  Chicago  where  he  is 
Secretary  to  the  Dairy  Freight  .^gent  of 
the  Baltimore  cS:  Ohio  Railroad.  His 
home  address  is  2818  N.  Racine  Ave., 
Chicago  13. 

Bob  Watkins  receivetl  his  M.  S.  degree 
from  Ohio  State  on  Sept.  3. 

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Norm  McGuffog  is  Insurance  Investi- 
gator for  the  Liberty  Mutual  Insurance 
Co.  in  New  York  City.  He  is  living  at 
230-16  118th  Ave.,  Cambria  Heights, 
Long  Island. 

Current  addresses:  Ir\ing  Lees,  175 
Hicks  St.,  Apt.  4,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  Rich- 
ard  Bowen,  89  Chilton  .St.,  Belmont  78, 
Mass.;  Edward  Haire,  49  Mardin  St., 
Cranston,  R.  I. 

Julius  Ferretti  is  working  with  the  New 
York  City  Triboro  Bridge  and  Tunnel 
.Authority.  His  address:  222  Marcellus 
Rd.,  Mineola,  N.  Y. 

Bob  Weikel  is  located  with  the  Rayburn 
Mfg.  Co.  in  Royersford,  Pa.,  as  Cost 
.Accountant. 

Bill  Wagner  is  engineering  for  the  Hart- 
ford Electric  Light  Co.  He  is  living  at 
145  No.  Oxford  St.  in  Hartford. 

John  Crawford  is  Test  Engineer  for 
General  Electric  in  Schenectady.  He  is 
living  at  430  Eleanor  St.  there. 

Truman  Esau  is  studying  at  Albany 
Medical  College,  with  an  address  at  28 
WiUett  St.,  Albany. 

Frank  Pagliaro  is  now  studying  at  the 
Lhiiversity  of  Southern  California.  He 
lives  at  11563^  Exposition  Blvd.,  Los 
Angeles. 

Dr.  David  Kreis  is  at  the  Grace  Hos- 
pital in  New  Haven.  He  lives  there  at 
647  George  St. 

Don  Burnside  is  Junior  Engineer  for 
Westinghouse  in  Baltimore.  His  address 
there  is  3501  Garrison  Blvd. 

Jim  Nahrgang  is  now  in  Lubbock,Texas, 
where  he  is  working  with  the  .Southwestern 
Bell  Telephone  Co.  His  address  there  is 
the  Hilton  Hotel. 

1948 

George  E.  Ball  of  Hamden,  Conn.,  has 
been  appointed  assistant  Director  of  .Ad- 
missions at  Culver  Academy,  Culver,  Ind. 
He  was  to  join  the  staff  of  this  famous 
school  Dec.  1. 

John  H.  Campbell  has  begun  his  new 
duties  as  Assistant  Alumni  Secretary  of 
The  Peddle  School,  where  he  will  also  be 
editorial  supervisor  of  The  Peddle  News. 
(He  was  its  editor  as  a  Peddle  Senior.) 
He  is  living  in  Hightstown,  N.  J.,  of  course. 

George  Chatalian  and  his  wife  both  are 
graduate  students  at  Harvard.  George 
has  been  awarded  one  of  the  Charles 
Henry  Smith  F'und's  $500  scholarships 
for  advanced  work  in  philosophy,  while 
Mrs.  Chatalian  has  a  $1500  fellowship 
from  the  American  Association  of  Uni- 
versity Women  to  complete  her  work  for 
a  Ph.  D.  in  the  same  field.  She  was 
Norma    Rainone,    Pembroke    '45. 


BROWN    ALUMNI     MONTHLY 


Charles  H.  Daly  is  associated  with  A. 
J.  Anderson,  Inc.,  shipping  brokers  at  120 
13roadway,  N.  Y. 

New  members  of  the  New  York  Brown 
Club  include:  Earl  M.  Bucci,  Charles  L. 
Busch,  Harold  W.  Greene,  Alan  Y.  Pardo, 
John  Stodnian,  James  M.  Stewart,  Fred- 
erick Cofer,  as  well  as  Thomas  A.  Brady 
'47,  Joseph  Nova  '47  and  Stanley  Peter- 
freuncl  '46. 

Lou  Kegine  is  Vice-President  of  Regine 
Motors,  Pontiac  specialists  at  193  Smith 
St.,  near  the  State  House  in  Providence. 
The  company  handles  sales,  parts,  and 
service. 

Stuart  Ci.  Ruth  of  San  Marino,  Calif., 
is  a  student  this  year  at  the  (ieneral  The- 
ological Seminary  in  New  ^'ork  City. 

Carmine  Capalbo  is  now  attending  the 
( ieorgctown  llniversity  School  of  Medi- 
cine. His  address:  4410  Greenwich  Park- 
way, N.  VV.,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Merrill  Shattuck  is  an  .Assistant  in  the 
Psychology  Department  at  the  University 
of  Wisconsin.  He  is  working  for  an  M.  A. 
there. 

Hervey  Ward  is  selling  for  Write,  Inc., 
in  Bridgeport,  Conn.  His  address:  Put- 
nam Park  Rd.,  Bethel,  Conn. 

2nd  Lt.  John  Krohn,  USMC,  sends  this 
address:  B  Battery,  1st  Prov.  Artillery 
Bn.,  10th  Marines,  2nd  Marine  Div., 
Camp  Lejeune,  N.  C. 

Roger  Tiffany  has  begun  studies  at  the 
Episcopal  Theological  School  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.  During  the  summer  he  was 
student  assistant  at  St.  George's  Church 
in  Milford,  Mich. 

Bill  Keech  is  doing  theological  studies 
at  the  Andover  Newton  Theological  In- 
stitution and  has  been  appointed  student 
minister  at  the  First  Baptist  Church  in 
Be\-erly,  Mass. 

1st  Lt.  Warren  Clark  is  now  at  the 
.Army  Finance  School  in  St.  Louis.  His 
address:  2608  Louis  Ave.,  Brentwood  17, 
Mo. 

Jonathan  Berry  is  an  Architect  with 
the  firm  of  Jonathan  Berry  and  Associates 
in  Rockport,  Mass.  His  address  there  is 
99  Main  St. 

Bill  Peterson  is  instructing  in  English 
at  Illinois  College,  Jacksonville,  III. 

Jim  Bates  is  teaching  science  in  the 
Williston  Junior  School  in  Easthampton, 
Mass. 

Phil  Bray  is  doing  graduate  work  in 
Physics  at  Harvard.  His  Cambridge  ad- 
dress is  32  Mellen  St. 

Leonard  Maher  is  Supervisor  of  Music 
in  the  Holden,  Mass.,  High  School.  He 
is  living  on  Highland  .St.  there. 

Eric  Marvell  is  now  in  Johnstown,  Pa., 
where  he  is  working  for  the  Bethlehem 
Steel  Co.  Eric  finished  a  ten-week  course 
in  steel  production  and  steel  products  be- 
fore  beginning  his  present  assignment. 

Bob  Wilson  is  taking  a  field  training 
course  at  the  River  Rouge  plant  of  the 
Ford  Motor  Co.  He  expects  to  spend 
two  years  studying  production  and  man- 
agement in  preparation  for  work  with  the 
company. 

Bob  Jacobssen  is  selling  for  the  Paragon 
Worsted  Co.  in  Fairlawn,  N.  J.,  where  he 
is  living  at  26-02  High  St. 

John  Donahue  is  now  working  in  the 
Philadeljihia  office  of  the  Equitable  Life 
.\ssurance  Society.  His  address:  17 
Elm  St.,  Bywood,  Upper  Darby,  Pa. 

Robert  K.  Healey,  who  completed  his 
studies  at  Brown  in  the  smnmer  session, 
is  luiw  working  in  the  New  N'ork  oriicc  of 
Exlacec,  Inc.,  division  ol  V'anilv  I'air 
Mills,  at  10  East  40th  St.,  New  York.    He 


is  grateful  to  the  Brown  Placement  Bureau 
for  his  contact. 

William  M.  Peterson,  after  a  year  of 
graduate  work  at  Brown,  is  now  teaching 
at  Illinois  College,  Jacksonville,  111.,  his 
mother  reported  to  the  Brownbroker 
reunion  committee. 

Tullio  DeRobbio,  a  graduate  student 
at  Brown  this  year,  was  navigator  of  the 
l.CI-633  on  a  Naval  Reserve  cruise  early 
in  October.  An  incident  was  his  diag- 
nosis of  a  seaman  as  an  appendicitis  case, 
which  he  cared  for  until  help  came  from 
Fire  Island. 

Robert  W.  Finlay  reports  for  the  Delia 
of  Sigma  Nii  on  members  of  the  Senior 
delegation  at  Brown  who  were  graduated 
last  June;  Richard  F.  Carey,  working 
with  Sears,  Roebuck  &  Co.  in  Boston; 
I'rank  S.  Ceglarski,  with  Wright  Aero- 
nautical Corp.  in  N.  J.;  John  Dake,  Jr., 
with  Montgomery- Ward  Co.;  Willard 
Joyce  with  the  Michle  Printing  Co.  in 
Chicago;  Frank  C.  Kenyon,  Jr.,  with 
General  Electric  in  Schenectady;  Edward 
W.  Haniblin  with  G.  E.  in  Lynn;  Richard 
C.  Kiss  with  Calvert's  Distillery  of  New 
Jersey;  R.  Patterson  Warlick  at  Harvard 
School  of  Business  Administration;  Ed- 
ward Krise  doing  graduate  work  in  so- 
ciology at  Columbia;  Richard  C.  Saeli,  a 
medical  student. 

Gerald  Buckley  has  just  accepted  a 
position  with  Goodyear  Ruliber  in  Phila- 
delphia. 

Bill  Roach  is  Sports  Director  for  radio 
station  WRZE  in  York,  Pa.  His  address 
there  is  103  S.  George  St. 

Ray  Carmichael  has  been  appointed  an 
Instructor  in  English  at  the  Rhode  Island 
School  of  Design. 

Murray  Casserly  received  his  B.  B.  A. 
degree  from  the  University  of  Minnesota 
in  August  and  at  the  same  time  was  com- 
missioned an  Ensign  in  the  USNR  Supply 
Corps. 

Tom  Green  is  teaching  at  the  Mada- 
waska  High  School  in  Madawaska,  Me. 

Charlie  Hubner  is  now  attending  Bryant 
College.  He  is  living  at  42  Adelphia  A\e. 
in  Providence. 

New  addresses:  George  Bland,  410  E. 
Columbia  St.,  Champaign,  111.;  Bob  Wil- 
son, 14937  Prospect  Ave.,  Dearborn, 
Mich.;  Joe  Birman,  1212  Summit  St., 
Sioux  City,  Iowa;  Bill  Read,  178  Medford 
St.,  Arlington,  Mass.;  H.  Arthur  Carver, 
Jr.,  General  Delivery,  Mojave,  Calif.; 
Gordon  Pyper,  Box  131  East  Northfield, 
Mass. 

1949 

Welles  Hangen,  one  of  the  New  York 
Herald  Tribune's  two  men  covering  the 
United  Nations  General  .'\ssembly  meet- 
ings in  Paris,  contributes  "L'N  Sidelights" 
to  the  Brown  Daily  Herald  as  well.  He 
attends  all  sessions  of  the  Economic  and 
Financial,  Social,  Trusteeship,  Adminis- 
trative and  Budgetary,  and  Legal  Com- 
mittees. He  studied  during  the  summer 
at  the  Llniversity  of  (ieneva. 

Jim  Babcock  is  in  Hartford  where  he 
is  working  as  Test  Engineer  for  the  Pratt 
and  Whitney  Aircraft  Co.  His  address: 
739  Prospect  Ave.,  West  Hartford. 

Paul  Flick  signed  to  play  pro  football 
lliis  fall  wi(h  the  Pittsburgh  Sleclcrs  of 
t  he  National  Leagne. 

Paul  Ricciardi  was  the  lust  Rhode 
Islander  to  sign    up  as  a   na\al  aviation 

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cadet  in  a  recent  enlistment  program.  lie 
expected  to  leave  shortly  for  Pensacola. 

Bruce  Williamson  is  announcing  for 
.Station    WHIM    in    Providence. 

Midshipman  Bill  Wroth  has  completed 
his  final  qualifications  for  carrier  landings 
aboard  the  L'SS  Wright.  Bill  expects  to 
return  to  Brown  for  further  engineering 
studies  on  receipt  of  his  commission  and 
plans  to  remain  in  Navy  Aviation. 

New  addresses:  George  Murphy,  51 
Montgomery  PI.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.;  John 
Smith,  1228  Lincoln  St.,  Santa  Monica, 
Calif.;  Ulmer  Spinney,  543  Meigs  St., 
Athens,  Ga.;  Don  Shaw,  35  Candle  Lane, 
Levittown,  Long  Island,  N.  \. 


^  Neighbor 


MRS.  BURLEIGH  (Herald  photo) 

►  ►  It  was  a  good  job  by  Jay  Solod  of 
the  Broivn  Daily  Herald.  He  wrote: 
"Brown  has  many  old  and  faithful  rooters 
but  none,  perhaps,  as  old  (97)  or  as  faith- 
ful as  Sarah  Burleigh.  This  very  charm- 
ing and  loveable  old  lady  has  lived  in  the 
grey  house  on  College  St.  between  Van 
Wickle  Hall  and  the  Deke  house  since 
1880  and  remembers  the  time  when  Pros- 
pect St.  didn't  exist  and  the  Presidents  of 
Brown  lived  near  her  on  the  present  site 
of  John  Hay  Library. 

"She  remarks  that  her  grandfather, 
William  Wilkinson  (class  of  1783,  by  the 
way)  taught  at  Brown  when  Llniversity 
Hall  was  the  only  building  on  the  campus. 
He  was  once  asked  by  the  President  of 
the  University  why  he  didn't  get  married. 
When  Wilkinson  replied  that  he  didn't 
have  a  place  to  li\e,  the  President  in\ited 
him  to  move  into  L'nixersity  Hall.  \\  il- 
kinson  accepted  the  invitation,  and  in  the 
years  tliat  followed  a  baby  was  born  to 
his  wife  within  those  confines.  'Probably 
the  youngest  girl  ever  to  enter  Brown,' 
thinks  Mrs  Burleigh." 

She  always  sits  at  her  window  and  waves 
to  the  crowd  as  the  students  march  past 
after  a  football  rally,  .Solod  noted.  "I 
like  to  see  all  you  young  men  lia\  ing  such 
a  good  time."  1  low  about  gi\'ing  her  a 
smile,  a  wave,  and  even  a  cheer'?  Solod 
suggested.  < 


O'tdet    lodcLij  fot  -ffolidtau   'Pelii^etu 


Triple  Play 
for  Christmas 


1.  Music  at  Brown,  an  Album: 

Three  10-inch  \'inylite  records  (6  sides)  in  a  special 
album  for  anyone  with  a  fondness  for  music  or  for 
Brown — or  for  both.  Eight  of  Brown's  own  songs, 
supplemented  by  hits  from  the  Glee  Clubs'  repertory, 
recorded  on  the  campus.  .A  rousing  half-hour  concert 
by  the  Brown  University  Band,  the  Brown  Glee  Club, 
the  Pembroke  Glee  Club,  and  the  combined  Brown- 
Pembroke  Chorus. 


2.  The  Brown  University  Mirror: 

This  antique-style  mirror  features  a  color  print  of  an 
1825  campus  scene.  Inspired  by  Yankee  craftsman- 
ship of  that  period,  the  mirror  is  well  made,  substantial, 
in  solid  birch  frame  with  14-inch  glass,  12^4  by  25  in- 
ches. Available  in  mahogany,  black,  or  maple  finish, 
with  gilt  turnings  or  spindles. 


3.  Brown  Wedgwood  Queensware: 

A  best-seller  again  available  Irom  the  famous  English 
pottery.  Standard  sets  of  6  dinner  service  plates 
(lOJ/2-inch  diameter)  have  such  handsome  center 
scenes  as  U.  H.,  Manning  Hall,  Meeting  House.  Hand- 
engraved  in  brown  sepia  on  Ivory  Queensware,  with 
University  arms  in  embossed  border. 


3   Perfect  Gifts  for  Brown  Stockings 


Alumni  Office,  Brown  University,  Providence  12,  R.  I. 

ALBUM  ORDER 

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for albums  of  "Music  at  Brown"  at  $4.50. 

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Here's  my  check  to  Associated  Alumni,  Brown  University  for  $ 

My  order: 

Wedgwood  Plates.  (Set  of  6  plates  $16.50,  postpaid  express 

extra.     Single  plate  $3.20,  plus  shipping.) 

Brown   Mirrors  at   $12.95.     (.All   shipping  charges   prepaid.) 

Specify  finish: 

Mahogany  \J     Black  Q     Maple  G 


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